The Poem 'Charge Of The Light Brigade'

The poem “Charge of the Light Brigade” starts off with 600 soldiers on horses charge into battle in the “valley of death”. They march about half a league which is around one and a half mile to the battlefield. The poem depicts a scene of soldiers charging into the valley of death. Someone yells “forward, the light brigade! Charge For the guns!” which is the general commanding his troops into the valley of death. The second stanza starts off with saying that there was no one scared even though they were risking their lives. It continues to say that nobody knew but someone had blundered. Someone had messed up, their commander had made a drastic mistake. The soldiers obeyed the commander because it isn’t their job to command the army, their job
The third stanza also shows that the cannons “Volley'd and thunder'd; Storm'd at with shot and shell,” they were firing the cannons at the enemy on the other side of the valley of death. “Boldly they rode and well,Into the jaws of Death,Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred.” This means the soldiers are being brave even though they knew their death is coming, hence “into the jaws of death, into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred.” The soldier knew that they were going to die but they did not stop because they had courage. The fourth stanza first says “Flash'd all their sabres bare, Flash'd as they turn'd in air” which means that they are striking their enemy with their swords. The poem continues to say “while all the world wondered the soldiers plunged into the battery smoke thro’ the line they broke.” It’s almost as the world stopped for a second while the soldiers were fighting for their lives. The 600 rode through the enemy line of the Cossacks and Russians. It then tells how they march back but they “not six hundred” anymore. This means that most of them died in the
They are receiving the enemies fire instead of sending it this time. What's left of the 600 are caught in a trap because their commander blundered and did not recognize it. It continues to say that “while horse and hero fell” which means the soldiers and horses are dying from the enemy shots. They came through the valley of death, and back through the mouth of hell, what was left of the 600. The 600 prevailed through the valley of death in a heroic battle. The last stanza tells of the bravery of the 600. It states “When can their glory fade? O the wild charge they made!”
This shows the bravery of the 600 and how they made a wild charge with little to no chances of success. The last part of the poem says “ All the world wondered Honor the charge they made, Honor the Light Brigade, Noble six hundred.” This commemorates the honor and bravery of the 600 and how they obeyed orders until the very end. This poem is a great way of honoring the soldiers in the battle and the bravery of the 600. The poet expresses that the soldiers showed courage even when it meant their lives. We think this poem is a great example of showing the bravery of the soldiers that never doubted their leader and showed him respect. We also think that when you blunder there will always be a way for you to comeback