Analyse af 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'

The Charge of the Light Brigade from 1854, by Alfred Lord Tennyson is a poem about six hundred soldiers who fought against the Russian army. The poem addresses the courage, bravery and fearlessness the Light Brigade had acquired before facing an unwinnable War. The soldiers rode into the battlefield knowing it was a deadly charge. They charged without questioning anything and they continued on, determined to do the mission for which they had come to complete. They faced Russian cannons from all sides whilst riding towards the Valley of death. The warriors kept riding through while the rest of the world wondered why they were sent to fight. In the end only what was left of the soldiers rode back from the mouth of hell.

Blood, screams and chaos. These are all words associated with war, but can you also associate positive words with it? During the Victorian age there was a widespread idea that war was occasionally required or useful in order to fight for the preservation or spread of strong values and civilizations. But war also meant a time of difficulty and confusion for the soldiers. Despite all of this, it required them to show bravery, which is what the Light Brigade did as described in the poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” from 1854 by Alfred Lord Tennyson. But how does the author show the utmost regard and admiration for the heroic soldiers who battled against the odds, whilst also capturing the chaos this happened in?