![]() ![]() The poem’s brief yet vigorous words are reminiscent of military activity. StructureĪlfred Tennyson’s poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” is structured into six stanzas. As the brigade rode “back from the mouth of hell,” soldiers and horses collapsed few remained to make the journey back. Then they rode back from the offensive, but they had lost many men so they were “not the six hundred” anymore. ![]() They fought courageously and bravely, even if it meant that it would lead them to their deaths. Still, they rode courageously forward toward their own deaths. The 600 soldiers were assaulted by the shots of shells of canons in front and on both sides of them. The world rejoiced at the troops’ bravery truly, their greatness endures: the poem asserts that these gallant 600 men are still deserving of praise and gratitude today. As the battalions rode “back from the mouth of hell,” military men and horses started to collapse few managed to remain to continue the journey back. Then they decided to head back from the attack, but they had sacrificed many men and were no longer “the six hundred.”Ĭanons behind and from both sides of the military men now violently attacked them with shots and artillery rounds. ![]() They rode through the smoke of artillery and burst through the opposing line, annihilating their Cossack and Russian foes. While the rest of humanity watched in awe, the troops hit the opposing raiders with their extremely sharp swords and charged at the enemy army. Nonetheless, they rode bravely toward their own deaths. The 600 men were attacked by cannon shells fired directly ahead and on all sides of them. The instruction to rush forward did not dissuade or disturb a single soldier, despite the fact that everyone knew their superior had made a horrible mistake: “Someone had blundered.” The soldier’s responsibility is to obey and “not to make a reply…not to reason why,” so they obeyed and galloped into the “valley of death.” The poem relates the account of a brigade of 600 men that went on horseback for half a league into the “valley of death.” They were following orders to rush the opposing soldiers who were snatching their firearms. Noble six hundred! Summary of ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ ![]()
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