Compare and contrast Tennyson's 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' with Owen's 'Dulce Et Decorum Est' in order to explore the poets' attitudes to war

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Compare and contrast Tennyson's 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' with Owen's 'Dulce Et Decorum Est' in order to explore the poets' attitudes to war

Alfred, Lord Tennyson's 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' is written in relation to the catastrophic 'Battle of Balaclava' in the 'Crimean War' in 1854. It focuses mainly on the charge the 600 hundred brave and outnumbered English Cavalry made on the Russians. While 'Dulce Et Decorum Est', a whole diverse poem written by Wilfred Owen is more of an emotional poem compared to 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'. It focuses mainly on one situation during 'World War 1', a group of men are suffocating from the poisonous chlorine gas and traumatized by the death of their fellow soldier. Although both poets are writing about war, the two are different in every aspect and of dissimilar intention to us. 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' tell us what happened when someone misread a command. Thus, the whole brigade fought in vain; however, they acknowledged this misinterpretation yet still pursued to demonstrate patriotism. So it is a pro war and consists of noble warriors supported by glamour whilst 'Dulce Et Decorum Est' is