The Charge Of The Light Brigade and Come up from the Fields Father are two war poems written in the mid 19th century.
A Comparison Of Two War Poems
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'The Charge Of The Light Brigade' and 'Come up from the Fields Father' are two war poems written in the mid 19th century. They both involve the portrayal of death for their country. Although they both tell us about death in two entirely different ways.
In 1854, Mr Alfred Tennyson picked up 'The Times' newspaper and read a report written by W .H. Russell on the Crimean war. After reading the report, Alfred, wrote a very quick poem about the happenings. This poem was to become very famous and well known for centuries to come.
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The pace of the poem can be dictate how the poem is read and changes the impact on the reader. 'The Charge Of The Light Brigade' is a very fast poem, it takes us threw a war scene in which severe death takes place, in contrast 'Come up from the Fields Father' is a slower pace as it is telling us of a life in the country side, which is never directly affected by war. The effects are more indirect as the son, heir to the farm, is killed in service for the war effort. In 'Come up from the Fields Father' we learn about just a single person who has fought and died in war, we are told nothing about his nobility and we see the effect of his death as being a terrible tragedy and great morning it causes. In 'The Charge Of The Light Brigade' we learn about the amount of nobility the 600 members of the light brigade. Many knew they would die on this charge, but they showed their true patriotism by not questioning their order and showing true pride to be part of their country's war effort. Although many more people died in this poem, it shows a lot more excitement, with none of the depression, which took place in 'Come up from the Fields Father'.
Tennyson shows a lot of rhythm and repetition in 'The Charge Of The
Light Brigade' these occur frequently and are very catchy 'Into the jaws of death' 'cannon to the right of them, cannon to the left of them, cannon in front of them'. We see different techniques
The second half of the poem is very different from the beginning half because the lines that follow the first sentence
The poem has no rhyme scheme or particular rhythm; this makes the descriptions stick out more to the reader, while having a varied sound when it is written
The poem also uses end rhyme to add a certain rhythm to the poem as a whole. And the scheme he employs: aabbc, aabd, aabbad. End rhyme, in this poem, serves to effectively pull the reader through to the end of the poem. By pairing it with lines restricted to eight syllables. The narrator creates an almost nursery-rhyme like rhythm. In his third stanza however, his last line, cutting short of eight syllables, stands with an emphatic four syllables. Again, in the last stanza, he utilizes the same technique for the last line of the poem. The narrator’s awareness of rhyme and syllable structure provides the perfect bone structure for his poem’s rhythm.
He uses this in the poem to give it rhythm to engage the reader and
She also presents a slight rhythm to the reading that allows for smooth reading. In keeping with her open form, there is no set scheme to the rhyme pattern. However, there is a single ending sound constantly repeated without a set pattern throughout the work. She also connects pairs of lines at random just for the sake of making connections to make that particular stanza flow. At the same time, she chose blatantly not to rhyme in certain parts to catch the reader’s attention.
The pace of the poem is kept by Whitman’s use of verbs. Words such as measures,
Therefore, another difference they have is that the poem has repetition and powerful diction, whereas the novel has sympathetic, yet contented dialogue and a strong
In today’s modern view, poetry has become more than just paragraphs that rhyme at the end of each sentence. If the reader has an open mind and the ability to read in between the lines, they discover more than they have bargained for. Some poems might have stories of suffering or abuse, while others contain happy times and great joy. Regardless of what the poems contains, all poems display an expression. That very moment when the writer begins his mental journey with that pen and paper is where all feelings are let out. As poetry is continues to be written, the reader begins to see patterns within each poem. On the other hand, poems have nothing at all in common with one another. A good example of this is in two poems by a famous writer by
so well.” “They came back from the mouth of hell, all that was left of
them are on the same topic of war but have many contrasts in how they
For example, end rhymes in the poem alternate lines with very few variations, implementing frequently repeated, and alarmingly simplistic rhyming words such as: "Lee," "sea," "me," and "we."
Rhyming, alliteration and repetition are all used to create an atmosphere for the poem so that it is evocative for the reader.
Poetry is a reduced dialect that communicates complex emotions. To comprehend the numerous implications of a ballad, perusers must analyze its words and expressing from the points of view of beat, sound, pictures, clear importance, and suggested meaning. Perusers then need to sort out reactions to the verse into a consistent, point-by-point clarification. Poetry utilizes structures and traditions to propose differential translation to words, or to summon emotive reactions. Gadgets, for example, sound similarity, similar sounding word usage, likeness in sound and cadence are at times used to accomplish musical or incantatory impacts.
The author uses a rhyme scheme that mirrors the pace of walking. The pace is moderate using an octameter meter, and each stressed syllable is like each footfall of the narrator. As he walks through the streets near the River Thames, he notices the common distress in the faces of the people he passes along the way. The author uses alliteration in
The beginning of the poem or the first stanza has a lighthearted tone and then as it progresses it begins to divulge into a deeper