We are told that they are past heroes, they have lived rough lives, and yet no one is giving them any credit. “The last of the light brigade” tells us the truth behind the old poem, that these “heroes” are in fact starving, they don’t have any clothes that fit and no one has the decency to give them any money for saving the country. The soldiers are described as men who gave there all for their country. The poem is exaggerated to make it more interesting “came thro’ the jaws of Death”. In “The charge of the light brigade” the soldiers are described as heroes because they fought for their country and won. Whether as “The last of the light brigade” discuses the soldiers current lives starving, poor and unwanted as the public only gave them “Twenty pounds and four!” The first poem talks about what they did for their country whether as the second poem talks about what their country is doing for them. “The charge of the light brigade” is focused on the soldiers best points bravery, courage and generosity. There is a big contrast once the two poems are compared. There is no enjambment this shows that everything is complete now that another poem, showing the soldiers after the war, has been written. “Limping and lean” is used in alliteration for emphasis, they are not what they used to be. “The last of the light brigade” is structured with regular rhyme rhyming couplets, to indicate that the remaining soldiers lives have now become routine-like with no surprises.

This line is also repeated for the same effect. There is alliteration with “Stormed at with shot and shell” to create a big impact and attract the readers attention for the following stanza which talks about the soldiers bravery.

There are six stanzas in the poem which could mean that each stanza stands for each hundred that fought on our side of the war. There is an assonance in “Charging an army” which is the one of the themes in the poem, to attack the opposing army. There is personification of “death” and “hell” throughout the poem to suggest that death could be one of them and so they don’t know who to trust. The structure behind the poem “The charge of the light brigade” is unusual as there is irregular rhyme to show there is no pattern to war so there is always a surprise and you can never be sure. It updates the poem “The charge of the light brigade” to explain how the conditions they have to live in are appalling as they are now starving and forgotten as no one will spare change to the men behind this country. “The last of the light brigade” was written to tell the public of the poorly treated way the now ex-soldiers are treated. Alfred Lord Tennyson shows the reader the bravery that was behind the fighting and the fact that some sacrificed their lives in order for the hearts and courage to be lived on and past down to younger generations through the poem. The author wanted us to experience the battle to help us realise how much was risked to save our country. “The charge of the light brigade” was written to commemorate the soldiers who survived the war, calling them heroes. Please, write we are starving now.” It is written by Rudyard Kipling. The poem is about the soldiers begging Alfred Lord Tennyson to change the poem to tell the readers what is really happening to them. It has a more pessimistic, negative point of view. The first poem focused on how they were heroes but “The last of the light brigade” explains that they are no longer heroes. “The last of the light brigade” is about the same soldiers but a while after the war. It focuses on how the soldiers escaped the “mouth of hell”. It explains why the soldiers were heroes and concentrates more on the optimistic and positive side of the war. It shows the soldiers bravery and will-power.

“The charge of the light brigade” is about soldiers going off to war with the “Cossack and Russian”.

I will analyse the two poems for meanings to see which poem I preferred and why. In this essay I will be comparing “The charge of the light brigade” to “The last of the light brigade”. Explore the similarities and differences between “The charge of the light brigade” and “The last of the light brigade”.

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