Bayonet charge is about a WW1 soldier who is running with his heavy rifle across a field under enemy fire. Then suddenly, time stops and the soldier questions why he is running towards bullets. Suddenly the soldier notices an innocent hare running across the field under gunfire, the hare gets caught up in the gunfire and dies. The poet ends the poem with the soldier instead of fighting for honour and dignity, he runs to survive. This poem shows what the soldiers were feeling when they were running towards the enemies hiding in trenches in WW1. It reflects the question because the soldier freezes to look back on what he is doing and why is he doing it and in the end the soldier gets frightened and runs away. The poem starts in the middle of the action and is written in 3 stanzas. The 1st stanza is 8 lines and describes the situation, the 2nd stanza is 7 lines and it’s when the soldier stops and he thinks about what is he doing, why is he running towards bullets and the 3rd stanza is also 8 lines and it shows the soldier’s realization of war.
Charge of the light brigade is about a famous battle which was called the Crimean war and during the war, the British, French and Turkey armies were fighting against the Russians over control of the Dardanelles. The poet wrote the poet to memorialize a suicidal charge by light cavalry over open terrain by British forces. Tennyson wanted to show how brave the British soldiers were. His job was to keep people thinking that war is good. He recounts on the story of a brave but suicidal charge by the light brigade. Lord Cordigan led 673 cavalry men in an attack on a valley. In minutes 247 men were either killed or injured. The charge became known for its recklessness. This shows the soldier’s experience because after the reckless charge the soldiers must have been horrified to witness their friends die whilst charging at the enemy, it shows the