Tennyson's The Charge Of The Light Brigade
Wars pre-1914 were very different to WW1. Wars such as the Boer War and the Crimean War were fought by soldiers using mainly sabres and muskets. These wars had little in the way of powerful weaponry such as heavy weight machine guns. WW1 also saw the beginning of trench warfare, tanks, planes and gases.
Almost all of the poetry written during WW1 was written while the soldiers were on the front lines. Pre-1914 poetry however, was written by poets back in England. Education really developed during the Victorian times and poets were able to read about the wars going on in other countries. New newspapers and magazines were published, inspiring writers and poets to write about the battles. Even though this was a positive thing, the poets of …show more content…
The boys won’t forget the men that fought and lost their lives in battle.
Repetition is used as a way of showing comradeship between the men “Play up! play up! and play the game!” is the school moto which will see them though life. In Tennyson’s The Charge of the Light Brigade, the use of the repetitious line “Rode the six hundred” at the end of each verse, also gives a feel of pride and comradeship.
The poem that had the most impact on me was A Wife In London. One of the main reasons for this was the fact that it’s from a woman's perspective. I can identify more closely to a woman who isn’t taking part in the fighting, as opposed to a man who is fighting in battle. The language used in A Wife In London has a mournful effect on the reader. Although the other poems are strident in their parlance, A Wife In London still manages to be powerful in its over all calming use of language. I particularly like the use of rhyme as I feel it helps the poem flow. Thomas Hardy has structured the poem in a very clever way, using sections to symbolize different times. I thought the metering used throughout the poem complimented the rhyming
Almost all of the poetry written during WW1 was written while the soldiers were on the front lines. Pre-1914 poetry however, was written by poets back in England. Education really developed during the Victorian times and poets were able to read about the wars going on in other countries. New newspapers and magazines were published, inspiring writers and poets to write about the battles. Even though this was a positive thing, the poets of …show more content…
The boys won’t forget the men that fought and lost their lives in battle.
Repetition is used as a way of showing comradeship between the men “Play up! play up! and play the game!” is the school moto which will see them though life. In Tennyson’s The Charge of the Light Brigade, the use of the repetitious line “Rode the six hundred” at the end of each verse, also gives a feel of pride and comradeship.
The poem that had the most impact on me was A Wife In London. One of the main reasons for this was the fact that it’s from a woman's perspective. I can identify more closely to a woman who isn’t taking part in the fighting, as opposed to a man who is fighting in battle. The language used in A Wife In London has a mournful effect on the reader. Although the other poems are strident in their parlance, A Wife In London still manages to be powerful in its over all calming use of language. I particularly like the use of rhyme as I feel it helps the poem flow. Thomas Hardy has structured the poem in a very clever way, using sections to symbolize different times. I thought the metering used throughout the poem complimented the rhyming