The poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” describes a battle between the English and the Russian army during the Crimean War. The British Army or the Brigade were mistakenly ordered to attack the enemies. The former had only swords while the latter were laid with War Cannons and Guns. Despite knowiRead more
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Lucifer
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The phrase “Light Brigade” is used in the poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” for the British Army who marched to Russia to fight against their forces. The word Brigade means sub-division of the army. Here in the poem, the British Army consisted of 600 soldiers which the poet mentions repeatedlyRead more
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Lucifer
- better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven
The title of this poem written by Alfred Lord Tennyson is “The Charge of the Light Brigade“. The word Charge here in the poem means attack done by the British Army on the Russian Army. As described in this section, the word Brigade means a battalion or unit of the army. Here it is the army of 600 BrRead more
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Lucifer
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The poem was written in honour of those who gave their life for the country. The poem represents a particularly potent example of bravery as the soldiers knew they would likely die in the battle but choose to carry on anyway. The poem makes frequent use of repetition to emphasise key elements. For eRead more
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Lucifer
- better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven
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Lucifer
- better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven
The poem Charge of the Light Brigade is divided into six stanzas having 8,9,9,12,11,6 lines respectively. Many phrases are repeated a number of times in the poem to create poetic effect. e.g. in the first stanza, the phrase “Half a League” is repeated three times to bring the experience of a parade.Read more
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Lucifer
- better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven
Following literary devices have been used in the poem The Charge of the Light Brigade. Repetition The poet uses repetition several times in the poem. e.g. Half a league is repeated 3 times. Other repeated phrases are “Rode the six hundred”, “Forward the Light Brigade”, “Cannons to the Right of Them,Read more
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Lucifer
- better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven
Following are the main themes in the poem Charge of the Light Brigade – Loyalty and Patriotism As we know that this poem is less about mourning and more about appreciating the loyalty of the British soldiers. They knew well that their leader has mistakenly commanded the brigade to charge towards theRead more
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Lucifer
- better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven
The poem celebrates the moral values like courage, love for the country, loyalty and dedication of the army. The Light Brigade marched towards their enemies i.e. Russians without questioning their leader in spite of knowing that he made a mistake because the enemy was stronger and had dangerous weapRead more
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The Charge of the Light Brigade was written by Alfred Lord Tennyson in the praise of English soldiers who took part in Crimean War (1853-1855). The poem is full of passionate words and lot of praise of those who fought with courage and without fearing from death against the enemies. The poem is patrRead more