The two poems 'Charge of the Light Brigade' by Lord Alfred Tennyson and 'Dulce et Decorum Est' by Wilfred Owen, both deal with the subject of war. The writers of these poems themselves had very different experiences with war. Alfred Tennyson had heard of the charge made by the light brigade and ...

Over the past few months I have been studying a range of poems. Many poets describe the people in their poems as heroes, noble men and courageous. For many people war dramatically changed their lives forever. Some of the poems that I studied were Dulce et Decorum Est, Mental Cases by Wilfred Ow...