Tennyson's final stanza of the poem illustrates his strong admiration for the soldiers. He is in awe of how courageous they were, "O the wild charge they made!" and portrays them as heroic with the exclamation mark showing heightened intensity. 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 Victorian Age'. At the time, values of honour and patriotism were paramount. He delved into his personal beliefs and values while also raising awareness and giving voice to the people of the Victorian Age. .
Contrastingly, Wilfred Owen's poem "Dulce Et Decorum Est" was set on a regular day on the battlefields of World War I. However, as Owen makes us realise from the very first line of the poem, "regular" isn't a word that has any meaning for the soldiers anymore. The composer's use of similes illustrates to us the unimaginable, horrific scenes of war in a way we might be able to fathom "Bent double, like old beggars under sacks". The soldiers are all mentally and physically withered by the exertions of battle; "Men marched asleep." Wilfred Owen emphasises on how the bodies become warped as men break under the stress of war. He describes the misery as a universal condition; "All went lame; all blind," as though no one can escape. Visual imagery is a potent technique used throughout the poem when recounting the disturbing scenes of battles and the dying soldier. For example, it is displayed when Owen says, "Under a green sea, I saw him drowning" and "Blood come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs". Repetition of the letter 'l' is present as we roll our tongues to make the experience of reading the lines seem elongated; "Many had lost their boots, but limped on blood-shod.
