Two authors that strongly made their opinions clear to their readers are Alfred Lord Tennyson in his poem, "The Charge of the Light Brigade," and Wilfred Owen in his first hand account of war, "Dulce Et Decorum Est". In his poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade", Alfred Lord Tennyson brings a glorifying light to the war and the soldiers fighting it. ... Another method that Tennyson uses to portray his opinion of war is in the diction that he uses. ... Although many people such as Alfred Tennyson value and praise war greatly, many people disagree, seeing it as a horri...

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Tennyson's 1856 poem, "The Charge of the Light Brigade" and Wilfred Owen's 1917 poem "Dulce Et Decorum Est" are salient examples of a text being a product of its time. ... Tennyson sheds a positive light on war by celebrating and glorifying it. ... Tennyson's final stanza of the poem illustrates his strong admiration for the soldiers. ... Texts indeed, are products of their time and Alfred Lord Tennyson's patriotic poetry was a reflection of the society he lived in as he was known as 'the poet of the people' and the 'greatest poet of the...

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