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I am studying the poems ‘Charge of the light brigade’, ‘Exposure’ and ‘Disabled’. Wilfred Owen wrote ‘Exposure’ and ‘Disabled’, during World War 1 and Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote ‘Charge of the light brigade’ during the Crimean War. All of the poems have something in common; they all portray the violence, misery, bloodshed and death. They all portray war as a ‘judgement day’, which will most definitely change a person’s life. There is a difference between these poems, they all treat war in different ways and lets us witness what has happened to soldiers in different situation. In ‘Disabled’ and ‘Exposure’ the image given by war is that there us a lot of suffering, it seems pointless and peoples lives being ruined. This portrays Owens attitude to war and that is foolish and meaningless. However, ‘Charge of the light brigade’ is portrays war in a completely different way, it portrays the violent side of war but at the same time he is giving a reason for war and that is patriotism. He shows it as heroism while Owen shows it foolishness. I think this because of the time they were written. When Tennyson wrote it, the Crimean War. The attitudes of people were optimistic, so was their moral.