The Charge Of The Light Brigade Essay

Alfred Lord Tennyson is well known for his different literary works but one of his most famous poems is “The Charge of the Light Brigade”. According to bio.com “Alfred, Lord Tennyson was the most renowned poet of the Victorian era.”. Alfred Lord Tennyson uses different types of literary elements in his poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade”; he describes a battle where six hundred men ride into their own death because of the command of one officer. The Battle of Balaclava was fought over three battles, Alfred Lord Tennyson focuses on the last of the three, in “The Charge of the Light Brigade”. This infamous charge was on 25 October 1854, it was one of three that took place but the Light Brigade happened a little after eleven o’clock that morning. The unwinnable battle described in this work by Tennyson describes the men riding into what they knew was an unwinnable battle but since they were commanded by a higher ranking officer they rode to their death in the most noble way they could. Tennyson’s use of a historical battle to write his famous poem on the Battle of
He starts off his poem with a strong voice with a champion mindset that was riding into battle with his brethren, fighting for his country. But things take a turn when the men break the line of fire. But they did not have enough men to finish the job so they had to retreat. “Right through the line they broke; / Cossack and Russian / Reeled from the sabre stroke / Shattered and sundered. / Then they rode back, but not / Not the six hundred.” (Lines 32-37) these lines shows the climax of Tennyson’s poem, but it also shows the change in tone when you find out that most of the soldiers died riding into battle with their brethren. The six hundred broke through the line of Cossack and Russians, riding horses and fighting with swords. But we soon find out that is not enough to win the