Compare the 'song of the shirt' to 'the charge of the light brigade'

Compare the ‘song of the shirt’ to ‘the charge of the light brigade’

The poems I am going to compare were both witten to make social or political statements . The Song of the Shirt was written by Thomas Hood in order to illustrate the plight of the working woman in 1843, who worked in ‘poverty, hunger and dirt’ every day in order to survive. The Charge of the Light Brigade was written by Alfred Lord Tennyson to remember and highlight the bravery of the men who were sent to their tragic deaths due to a simple human error at the Battle of Balaklava.

. The Song Of the Shirt is constructed using alternating ryhme in eight line stanzas. These stanzas also alternate in rythm from a line of iambic to a line of anapest.Together with the repetition of phrases like ‘work-work-work’ and ‘stitch-stitch-stitch’, a regular monotonous rythym that is similar to stitching is established. Similarly, in The Charge of the Light Brigade, the poet uses trochee and dactyl rythm, free verse, short lines and repetition in order to mimic the movements of a charging horse.

Both Poems are about being trapped in situations to which there is no escape. The Song ...