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War Poerty, The Charge Of The Light Brigade, The Soldier, Dulce et Decorum Est
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“Imagine there’s no countries, It isn’t hard to do. Nothing to kill or die for, No Religion too, Imagine all the people Living life in peace…” These are the lyrics to a famous song by Ex-Beatle, John Lennon. In the song he speaks about his view on war, and how he would like the world to be. We have studied many pieces of poetry where the poets have put across their views on war, some pro-war, some anti-war. These were written at different stages throughout different wars, but mostly World War I. We can see some connections in poets’ styles and also in their attitudes towards war. The earliest piece of poetry that we studied dates back to 1854. “The Charge Of The Light Brigade” by Alfred Tennyson. This poem, which is about the Crimean war, has a great rhythm to it. Tennyson makes the rhythm represent the galloping of horses as you read it. The opening lines of this poem are: “Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death…” I feel that these lines set the scene and set the feeling, which is the same throughout the whole poem. From the line “Not though a soldier knew some one had blundered” we learn that things went wrong, and as another line says, “Into the mouth of Death, Rode the six hundred”. Over six hundred men on horses rode straight into the Russian artillery. There is a great use of repetition throughout the poem. Each stanza ends with the line “…the six hundred”. The words “Death” and “die” are also repeated throughout, giving us a feeling of what exactly was going on. The three most convincing lines that tell us to honour these men are, "honour the charge they made! Honour the Light Brigade, noble six hundred". Tennyson is now deeply complimenting the Light Brigade in saying how glorious they are. Tennyson also commands the reader to honour the men of the Light Brigade because of the noble task they did of fighting for country they should be honoured for bravery, nobility and praised for their efforts for their homeland. Alliteration is also used alot in the poem. A good example of this is the line “…The sabre-stroke shattered and sundered…”. This makes the words have more effect, and more meaningful whenever you read them.
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