The Drum And The charge Of The Light Brigade.

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English coursework: -The Drum And The charge Of The Light Brigade

    The Drum and the Charge of the Light Brigade were both wrote by very distinguished poets.  John Scott who “The Drum” was a Quaker and he was opposed to all violence.  He was born in 1730 and died in 1783.  He once made a famous quote which shows how much he hates war and violence, "We never go to War, not because we fear death, but because we are neither wolves, nor tigers, nor dogs, but men, but Christians. Our God who ordered us to love our enemies and to suffer without complaint doubtless does not wish us to cross the seas and slay our brethren merely because certain red-coated murderers enrol the Citizens by making noises with two little sticks on stretched asses' hide.”

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    Alfred Tennyson was born in 1809 and he died in 1892.  The most famous poet of the Victorian age, he was a profound spokesman for the ideas and values of his times. In 1854 he wrote the poem “The Charge Of The Light Brigade.”

    Both poets’ use repetition to create imagery of what they are describing.  Scott uses the word “parading round, and round, and round,” this instantly gives you an image in your mind of soldiers parading around in a circle not getting anywhere and the anticipation of glory.  In the second verse the glory ...

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