reat Britain. The poem was written to commemorate a tremendous feat made by a British Calvary unit in the Crimean War. Tennyson portrays a more glorious and heroic battlefield compared to Owen. He describes loud cannons going off, and shiny sabers being wailed around, as men on horses attack each other, as though it were right out of an old movie. He does not ignore the death associated with war; however, he praises it as being meritorious and noble. This exemplifies his optimistic and celebrated views of war, which is evident in his final lines where he writes “When can their glory fade? O the wild charge they made!All the world wonderedHonor the charge they made!Honor the Light Brigade,Noble six hundred!”These authors offer contradicting views of war, however they’re ways in doing so were quite similar. It is through the use of imagery and tone that they were able to portray convincing descriptions in each of their cases despite their contradictions. ...
