The Charge Of The Light Brigade 'And Dulce Et Decorum Est'

How do the poems Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen present attitudes to warfare?
Throughout the history of mankind warfare has played an important part in shaping the world as it is today. The poems- The Charge of the light brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen show contrasting views toward war. The Charge of the light Brigade shows glorified attitudes towards battle; however Dulce et Decorum Est shares the authors views on the vileness of war. Bringing up quotes such as “The old lie: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori which translates to-It is sweet and noble to die for your country” A patriotic quote that is commonly used throughout the world
On the other hand, Dulce et Decorum Est, might almost have been written as a challenge to Tennyson´s patriotic views of battle. He presents the horror of senseless death in the trenches and shows the saying, “it is sweet and becoming to die for your country”, is a lie.

We are told that Tennyson wrote 'Light Brigade´ in a few minutes after reading the description in The Times of the Battle of Balaclava in 1854. He was a civilian poet, unlike a soldier poet like Owen.
His poem 'Light Brigade´ increased the morale of the British soldiers fighting in the Crimean War and of the people at home, but Tennyson had not been an eyewitness to the battle he describes so he would have no idea of what it felt like.

Wilfred Owen wrote 'Dulce et Decorum Est´ towards the end of the First World War. He was killed in action a week before the war ended in 1918. Owen was against the propaganda and lies that were being told at the time that were glorifying war. He had first-hand experience of the horror in the trenches and wanted to tell people back at home the truth. Owen was an officer and often had to send men to their deaths and 'Dulce´ gives his own account of what the war was like. Many patriotic poems regarding the war had been written at the time but Owen knew that they
The repetition of 'the six hundred´ at the end of each stanza reminds the reader of the enormous loss of life, but at the end of the poem they have become the 'Noble six hundred´ and are celebrated as heroes.

In Wilfred Owens poem, he is telling us to be cynical and disregard all of the ideals of war like in Tennyson's poem. The theme of 'Dulce et Decorum est´ is that war and dying for one's country are not in any way glorious and heroic. This message is echoed throughout the poem from the first stanza to the last line.

The two different authors show very different ideas on how to portray the battles in their poems. Owen uses a more personal way, describing one dying soldier rather than the 600 that Tennyson describes at once. Owen describes gas attacks and soldiers choking to death whether Tennyson describes a glorified attitude for war where even though they all new they were going to die, they still fought bravely and with courage.
So in conclusion, Tennyson shows a glorified non personal view on the battle and ignores the gory reality of the many deaths. Owens shows a realistic personal view where he zooms in on a particular person or part of the horrific battle, and describes it in detail, while also giving personal views (dreams