..AIM..

• Compare and Contrast the different war poems that we have studied in class

• Discuss how the poets use different language techniques to emphasise different view points and the theme

• Dulce et Decorum est• The Charge of The Light Brigade• The Soldier

THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE

ALFRED LORD TENNYSON

THEME

“It is fitting and honourable to die for

one’s country”

ALLUSION“…into the valley of Death….” From

~ “The Charge of the Light Brigade”

“…walk through the valley of the shadow of death….”

From the bible ~ Psalms 23

FORESHADOWING

“Rode the six hundred…”

“Then they rode back, but not

Not the six hundred…”

METAPHOR ~ IMAGERY

“Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell, Rode the six hundred…”

• “When can their glory fade? O the wild charge they made!...”

• “Not tho' the soldier knew, someone had blunder'd…”

Honor the charge they made,

Honor the Light Brigade,

Noble six hundred

THE SOLDIER

RUPERT BROOKE

“UNDER AN ENGLISH HEAVEN”

“There shall beIn that rich earth a richer dust concealed”

IMAGERY

PERSONIFICATION

“A DUST WHOM ENGLAND BORE, SHAPED, MADE AWARE”

TONE/MOOD

“IF I DIE THINK ONLY THIS OF ME”

Was Rupert Brooke a…..

SOLDIER……

SAILOR…….

COMBAT FIGHTER…….

HE WAS A SAILOR BUT HE SAW SOME ACTION FROM THE COAST OF BELGIUM

DULCE ET DECORUM EST

Wilfred Owen

“My friend, you would not tell with such high zest to children ardent for some

desperate glory....”

SETTING

“Of tired, outstripped

Five-Nines that dropped

behind….”

SIMILE

“Bent double, like old beggars under sacks….”