charge of the light brigade
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Both poems 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' and the 'Defence of Lucknow' are written by Alfred Lord Tennyson. (1809-1892).Both of these poems are related to two battles in the 19th century, both of these battles concerned the British which were praised highly in the poems as you will discover later on in my essay. When writing these poems Tennyson was very proud of the British for their bravery, he describes this in both the poems 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' and the 'Defence of Lucknow'.
The Charge of the Light Brigade involved the British, French and the Russians it was written by Tennyson and was based on a factual life event which was the Crimean war. The English and the French were both fighting the Russians between 1854-1856.Within this war The Charge of the Light Brigade occurred, the charge was a mistake by the British cavalry commander. There are many ways Tennyson describes the British as courageous and brave in this poem. Only 673 men were involved, and they lost 157 men out of 20 000 war dead.
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