Comparing Lord Tennyson and Wilfred Owen

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Comparing Lord Tennyson and Wilfred Owen

Propaganda in war time was a very powerful way to change someone's view on war, or to sugar-coat the truth of what is happening at war. (However when what is said is a complete lie this sparks a thought in the mind of a certain person from then on the "People's voice" is heard). The two poems written are both based on war. The poems are also both literature based, and were written to show moral outrage. The two poems which are to be analysed are "Dulce et Decorum est", written by Wilfred Owen. The other poem is "Charge of the Light Brigade" written by Alfred Tennyson. These two poems describe war, and scenes from war, with varying levels of intensity and also from different viewpoints. Wilfred Owen was a soldier in World War One and he writes from first hand experience. Alfred Tennyson's poem was written in the Crimean War. Lord Tennyson was the port Laureate at this time of war and he witnessed no fighting.
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Tennyson's poem was written about a military blunder and how 600+ men were sent right into the camp of the opposing force and shot down like fish in a barrel. Owen's poem was written to show the disgraceful conditions on the trench and to show how many people die in this "Game".

Imagery is used a lot in both poems. This makes the poem more real in the minds of the reader. Owen also makes it realistic by telling the reader of how he sees the whole scene in his head each night before he got ...

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