A Comparison Of "The Charge Of The Light Brigade" by Alfred Tennyson and "Disabled" by Wilfred Owen.

The Crimean war in the 1850s and the Great War in the early 1900s have both been an inspiration for great prose and poetry. Two such examples are "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Tennyson inspired by the famous attack of the 1854, and "Disabled" by Wilfred Owen written following the Great War. They both portray a vivid image of war, but the poets give the impression of having completely opposing views on the …

…to do and die" This hatred of the officer class appears to have transcended history, making little distinction between a supposedly heroic victory and the damp hell of trench warfare; where, despite apparent differences, Generals sent hundreds and thousands of men and boys to be slaughtered. Although both poems concern war, both treat warfare in a very different manor. Using similar techniques both Tennyson and Owen create two different vastly opposing views on the subject.