Charge of the Light Brigade

Among the Victorians, Alfred Tennyson (1809-92) enjoyed the greatest popularity. He wrote on diverse topics, including religious and ethical. In his poetry, it is clearly audible response to all the questions troubling contemporary society, and few so well expressed the sentiment of the time the British. The poet-laureate Lord Tennyson in his poem "Charge of the Light Brigade " (known in Britain episode of the Crimean War) tells the story of a brigade consisting of 600 soldiers who rode on horseback into the “valley of death” for half a league (about one and a half males). They ...