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Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Brief Summary. A large brigade of soldiers are commanded to march to their deaths. They charge heroically but few remain as they retreat. Synopsis. Light brigade charging through a valley after being ordered to charge the Russian guns. Had received an order and were unable to dispute it.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Brief Summary. A large brigade of soldiers are commanded to march to their deaths. They charge heroically but few remain as they retreat. Synopsis. Light brigade charging through a valley after being ordered to charge the Russian guns. Had received an order and were unable to dispute it.
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The Charge of the Light Brigade Alfred, Lord Tennyson This poem is based on an event from the Battle of Balaklava fought on October 25, 1854, during the Crimean War (1853-1856) between Russia and England. During the Battle of Balaklava, the Russians occupied the heights surrounding a valley near Balaklava, a port city on the Black Sea.
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AQA GCSE English Literature Poetry The Charge of the Light Brigade: Power and Conflict Analysis. Tennyson wrote this poem in 1854 after reading a newspaper report of a battle involving British soldiers in the Crimean War. This war took place from 1853 to 1856 between Russia and an alliance including Britain.
“The Charge of the Light Brigade” was written by the English poet Alfred Lord Tennyson in response to a battle during the Crimean War (1853-1855). In this battle, a British cavalry unit—the “Light Brigade”—was commanded to charge against a Russian artillery unit.
Revision notes on The Charge of the Light Brigade for the AQA GCSE English Literature syllabus, written by the English Literature experts at Save My Exams.
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It was inspired by one of the greatest calamities in British military history: on October 25, 1854, the British Light Cavalry Brigade, comprising some 670 men, charged disastrously against some 25,000 Russian soldiers.
