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The Charge Of The Light Brigade Rhetorical Devices
In both poems Tennyson and Komunyakaa both address their individual experiences in war.Tennyson reflects on the war by expressing his lack of interest of being in the war.While, Komunyakaa reminisces on the lost he experiences during the war. Tennyson structures his poem to show his feelings of being in the war and the pride he took in the men he fought with in the war based on how they risked their lives,he also uses repetition to emphasize the courage and honor they had.Komunyakaa reveals on the loss and the pain he felt while visiting the memorial and he uses simile and metaphor to convey the purpose and meaning of the poem. Tennyson uses repetition in his poem “ The Charge of the Light Brigade” to highlight the courage and honor

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