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“The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of
Death
Rode the six hundred.
‘Forward, the Light
Brigade!
Charge for the guns!’
he said:
Into the valley of
Death
Rode the six hundred.
‘Forward, the Light
Brigade!’
Was there a man
dismay’d?
Not tho’ the soldier
knew
Someone had
blunder’d:
Their’s not to make
reply,
Their’s not to reason
why,
Their’s but to do and
die:
Into the valley of
Death
Rode the six hundred.
Cannon to right of
them,
Cannon to left of
them,
Cannon in front of
them
Volley’d and
thunder’d;
Storm’d at with shot
and shell,
Boldly they rode and
well,
Into the jaws of
Death,
Into the mouth of
Hell
Rode the six hundred.
Flash’d all their
sabres bare,
Flash’d as they
turn’d in air
Sabring the gunners
there,
Charging an army,
while
All the world
wonder’d:
Plunged in the
battery-smoke
Right thro’ the line
they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reel’d from the
sabre-stroke
Shatter’d and
sunder’d.
Then they rode back,
but not
Not the six hundred.
Cannon to right of
them,
Cannon to left of
them,
Cannon behind them
Volley’d and
thunder’d;
Storm’d at with shot
and shell,
While horse and hero
fell,
They that had fought
so well
Came thro’ the jaws
of Death,
Back from the mouth
of Hell,
All that was left of
them,
Left of six hundred.
When can their glory
fade ?
O the wild charge
they made!
All the world
wonder’d.
Honour the charge
they made!
Honour the Light
Brigade,
Noble six hundred!
This poem is about a disastrous historical military
engagement that happened in the initial phase of Crimean War between Turkey and
Russia, between 1845 until 1856. Under the command of Lord Raglan, British forces entered the
war in September 1854 to prevent the Russians from obtaining control of the
important sea routes through the Dardanelles. On October 24, 1845, British commander, Lord
Raglan ordered Light Cavalry Brigade which consist of 600 soldiers who rode on horseback into the “valley of
death” for one and a half miles to fight with Russia. They were obeying a command to charge the
Turkey force that been seizing their guns. Finally, the brigade began charging
to act but they went in wrong direction. They were assaulted by the shots of
shells of cannons in front and both of their sides. As a consequence, over 100
died within the next few minutes, and British lost possession of the majority
of its forward defends.
Work cited:
Tennyson, Lord Alfred. The Charge of the Light Brigade. 2013. October 13, 2013.
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