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We should be brave in defending our country.

But they marched fearlessly to the Valley of Death and fought until their last breaths. True enough, they were also attacked from the front. They were attacked from their right, their left but they still moved forward. Even if the were fated to die, all the six hundred of them were still moving forward. They kept on moving because it was their responsibility and they recieved order from their superior. They were not in the position to answer any questions nor to ask why. No one was discouraged by the fact that somebody had made a foolish mistake by giving them a wrong order. Their leader ordered them to move forward and consficate the guns to prevent the guns from being carried away by the enemies. They were 600 of them riding horses figthing in a battle.

The light calvary was marching to the Valley of Death because the foes were no match for them. Not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff courageous and daring: To fly or be discharged together, as missiles.Ī hard, protecting or enclosing case or cover. To make a gross or stupid mistake, especially through carelessness or mental confusion: To break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble dishearten thoroughly daunt: The long elegy In Memoriam and many of Tennyson’s other poems are tributes to Hallam.Īn elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, especially one following the course of a stream. Hallam’s sudden death in 1833 greatly affected the young poet. Hallam and Tennyson became the best of friends they toured Europe together in 1830 and again in 1832. The “Apostles” provided Tennyson, who was tremendously shy, with much needed friendship and confidence as a poet. Although the poems in the book were mostly juvenilia, they attracted the attention of the “Apostles,” an undergraduate literary club led by Arthur Hallam. In that same year, he and his brother Charles published Poems by Two Brothers. Tennyson escaped home in 1827 to attend Trinity College, Cambridge. One of Tennyson’s brothers had violent quarrels with his father, a second was later confined to an insane asylum, and another became an opium addict. In the 1820s, however, Tennyson’s father began to suffer frequent mental breakdowns that were exacerbated by alcoholism.

His father, the Reverend George Tennyson, tutored his sons in classical and modern languages. At the age of twelve he wrote a 6,000-line epic poem. Tennyson, the fourth of twelve children, showed an early talent for writing. He is one of the most well-loved Victorian poets. Lord Alfred Tennyson was born on August 6, 1809, in Somersby, Lincolnshire, England. However, due to miscommunication in the chain of command, the Light Brigade was sent on a frontal assault against the more well-prepared artelliry battery specialised in defensive fire. As the name suggests, the Light Brigade was supposed to pursue a retreating Russion artelliry battery, a task well-suited to a light calvary. Anyway, this poem was inspired by a true event that happened during the Battle of Balaclava that occured on 25 October 1854 in the Cremean War between the British and the Russian. Those who can still remember the poem “Monsoon History” would still remember the line ‘Reading Tennyson at six p.m.’ 🙂. ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ was written by Lord Alfred Tennyson.