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Explore the ways that Tennyson and Hughes present the emotions of the soldiers in the poems ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ and ‘Bayonet Charge’.
In this essay, I’m going to talk about how Tennyson present emotion and feeling in his poem towards the patriotic soldiers that suffered in war due to the blunder the generals had made. Also on the ‘Bayonet Charge’ Hughes writes his poem to show how brave and patriotic the soldiers were to go into the war for their beloved country.
Tennyson suggest that the soldiers were patriotic in the ‘the charge of the light brigade’. You can tell this from the quotation ‘hero’. Tennyson describes the soldiers as heroes as they had their lifeline at the edge of a cliff for their country. This indicates the soldier’s patriotism towards their country knowing they are putting their life at stake in the charge. The quote ‘into the mouth of hell, rode the six hundred’ this shows the emotive language Tennyson is using to make the reader feel and reflect on the bravery of the soldiers in that charge. Also metaphorically by saying ‘into the mouth of hell, rode the six hundred’ he meant that the soldiers were going into their own death. This line is repeated more than once, this is because the writer uses repetition to add emphasis to a point; this makes the reader more aware of the word ad so the poet can stress the importance. Also during the charge, Tennyson shows that there was no way back for the soldiers. I can tells this as the quotation says “cannon to right of them, cannon to left of them, cannon behind them” this tells us that there was no way out other than going into ‘the mouth of hell’ which was going forward and their only option. Alternatively, it could be interpretated that Tennyson doesn’t just write this poem to show the patriotism and bravery of the soldiers but the blunder the generals had made. The ignorance of the generals that the Russians had heavy artillery and guns and just charge at them on horses ‘Sabring the
In this essay, I’m going to talk about how Tennyson present emotion and feeling in his poem towards the patriotic soldiers that suffered in war due to the blunder the generals had made. Also on the ‘Bayonet Charge’ Hughes writes his poem to show how brave and patriotic the soldiers were to go into the war for their beloved country.
Tennyson suggest that the soldiers were patriotic in the ‘the charge of the light brigade’. You can tell this from the quotation ‘hero’. Tennyson describes the soldiers as heroes as they had their lifeline at the edge of a cliff for their country. This indicates the soldier’s patriotism towards their country knowing they are putting their life at stake in the charge. The quote ‘into the mouth of hell, rode the six hundred’ this shows the emotive language Tennyson is using to make the reader feel and reflect on the bravery of the soldiers in that charge. Also metaphorically by saying ‘into the mouth of hell, rode the six hundred’ he meant that the soldiers were going into their own death. This line is repeated more than once, this is because the writer uses repetition to add emphasis to a point; this makes the reader more aware of the word ad so the poet can stress the importance. Also during the charge, Tennyson shows that there was no way back for the soldiers. I can tells this as the quotation says “cannon to right of them, cannon to left of them, cannon behind them” this tells us that there was no way out other than going into ‘the mouth of hell’ which was going forward and their only option. Alternatively, it could be interpretated that Tennyson doesn’t just write this poem to show the patriotism and bravery of the soldiers but the blunder the generals had made. The ignorance of the generals that the Russians had heavy artillery and guns and just charge at them on horses ‘Sabring the