Comparing The Charge of the Light Brigade and the Defence of Lucknow by A. Tennyson
Introduction
Both poems 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' and the 'Defence of
Lucknow' are written by Alfred Lord Tennyson. (1809-1892).Both of
these poems are related to two battles in the 19th century, both of
these battles concerned the British which were praised highly in the
poems as you will discover later on in my essay. When writing these
poems Tennyson was very proud of the British for their bravery, he
describes this in both the poems 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' and
the 'Defence of Lucknow'.
'The Charge of the Light Brigade' involved the British, French and the
Russians it was written by Tennyson and was based on a factual life
event which was the Crimean war. The English and the French were both
fighting the Russians between 1854-1856.Within this war The Charge of
the Light Brigade occurred, the charge was a mistake by the British
cavalry commander. There are many ways Tennyson describes the British
as courageous and brave in this poem. Only 673 men were involved, and
they lost 157 men out of 20 000 war dead.
The charge was actually misheard from the Lord Cardigan who was the
commander of the Light Brigade, the message was passed on from one
person to another which then led to the charge.
The 'Defence of Lucknow' is also about war, part of the reason why the
siege began is because was that the opponent was using each others
scared animal to grease their bullets with their fat the siege,
involves the British and the Indians, but not all the Indians were
against the British some were fighting along side the British too.
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reader have a small amount of honor and sadness for the British for
their heroic performance in the war, but at the same time the reader
can have an opposite feeling e.g. the reader may fell angry because
he/she may think why is Tennyson forcing me to feel honorable? Some
readers may not accept the fact that Tennyson forced me to feel in
such a way. This instantly shows that Tennyson has achieved his
objective by making the reader feel that way (my personal opinion).
As for 'Defence of Lucknow', Tennyson does not use as many heroic
terms to make the reader feel in such a way like sympathy or kindness
towards the soldiers . He simply describes the war scene to the
readers and probably wants the readers to make up their own thoughts
and emotions towards the poem this is another contrast between the two
poems.
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