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The Charge Of The Light Brigade
In The Charge of the Light Brigade a brave group of six hundred ill prepared men charged respectively into the valley of death during the Crimean war. This poem notes pure bravery they possess, the ugliness they face and the honor that the men deserve. The Six Hundred that marched to their death knowing their leader made a mistake is very brave and something that everyone should honor. Near the end it says “When can their glory fade? O the wild charge they made,” [Tennyson 6, 1-2], in this section he makes it really significant to honor and feel compassion for the soldiers and their bravery as they went and fought. The definition of bravery is courageous behavior or character. The Six Hundred that went and fought knowing that the outcome would be very slim is very courageous and they did not have to follow through with the order but they did.
In the poem it states in the second paragraph ‘Theirs not to make reply, theirs not to reason why, and theirs but to do and die There is one thing that I noticed out of this section and that is the use of the word “theirs” if you really think about how it is used you will realize that it means that it is not the men’s decision to ask why the leader made the mistake, or to why they are
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In the poem it takes great detail into exactly how real and the sights and sound they were surrounded by in the valley of death. It states in the third paragraph it states ‘Cannon to the right of them, Cannon to the left of them, Cannon in front of them’. The cannons that the enemy used were surrounding them and the brave Six Hundred were very out numbered. It continues with ‘volleyd and thundered stormed at with shot and shell, boldly they rode and well into the jaws of Death, into the mouth of hell’ this explains how dangerous but how well they took the challenge, they could have backed down they rode well and into the mouth of hell essentially they rode to their

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