The Portrayal of War in Lord Byron’s The Destruction of...

The Portrayal of War in Lord Byron’s The Destruction of Sennacherib, Wilfred Owen’s Dulce Et Decorum Est and Tennyson’s The Charge of The Light Brigade We have studied three poems on the subject of different views of war. ‘The Destruction of Sennacherib’ and ‘The Charge of the Light brigade’ were written pre 1914 whereas ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est was written post 1914’. Dulce et decorum est, was written by Wilfred Owen, and is meant to portray the harshness of the first world war. This was mainly to combat writers such as Jesse Pope, who portrayed the war as â€Å"a game†. Lord Byron’s the destruction of Sennacherib, was written pre 1914, and he used secondary evidence (2nd book of chronicles chapter 32 in†¦show more content†¦The second stanza describes the change of power and force of the Assyrian army, to the changing of the seasons. Summer being powerful and autumn being â€Å"withered and strown†. This shows how God is all-powerful, and that no matter how strong the Assyrian army was, God would defeat them. In the third stanza, he repeats the word â€Å"and† this shows how he is excited at the upcoming action. Thus showing he is excited by war. He also describes the Assyrian’s as being â€Å"waxed deadly and chill† to show that the death was instant. The fourth stanza stresses how the angel of death passed and killed everything. Even â€Å"the steed with his nostril all wide† left defeated, with no pride, nothing. He uses a lot of imagery even making the death of the horse seem romantic â€Å"and the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, and cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf†. Stanza 5 describes the detail of the dead rider of the horse in the previous stanza. The first line uses a powerful and brutal word, â€Å"distorted†, however this word is not very bad at all and this reflects Lord Byron’s view on war, with this poem portraying it In the last stanza, the first three lines begin with â€Å"and†, this repetition shows an excitement in his attitude to war. This is to speed up the rhythm and