‘When can their glory fade? ‘ This showed that Alfred lord Tennyson believed that these brave men put their life and soul into trusting their military. During the charge of the ‘The Charge Of The Light Brigade’ there is a lot of elevated and glorious language used in the poem. The countries which took part, in the war were Britain who took on the Republic of South Africa.īritain declared War which made Hardy more devastated. He says that in a different circumstances things might have been different and instead o fighting a man he might have shared a drink with it. In ‘The Man He Killed’ Hardy presents a dramatic monologue in which the speaker is reflecting on killing another and we hear how he thinks war is futile as results oh him killing a man. On the other hand, Hardy’s methods are very different. We sense that Tennyson believed that we should celebrate and honour the brave men that gave up their life during the event but we also feel the horror and sadness of war. The cavalry was given the wrong order my mistake and as they charged towards the Russians cannons they were cut down. Most of his poems celebrated war and shows in the whole pile of poems (The Charge of the light brigade is one of them) that dying for your country is honourable. This meant that he wrote poems celebrating occasions of national importance and honouring the royal family. ![]() ![]() Britain and France were together and they were both fighting Russia. It was based on the war known as Eastern War in Russia or in UK it is known as Crimean war, which took place between 1853 till 1856. ‘The Charge Of The Light Brigade’ describes a disastrous cavalry charge that took place during the Battle of Balaclava. It is interesting to compare the difference in the poets’ approaches. A poem that celebrates soldiers’ bravery in battle but also shows horror of war is Tennyson’s poem ‘The Charge Of The Light Brigade’. On the other hand, other poets have a patriotic view of war and like to show that dying for your country is honourable. A good example of a poem that shows the pointlessness and sadness of war is ‘The Man He Killed’ by Thomas Hardy. Poets often choose to write about war to show the true human suffering that goes on. Some are in favour of it and some are strongly apposed to it. ![]() Many poets have chosen to write on controversial topic of war.
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