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ALFRED TENNYSON, "THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE"

ALFRED TENNYSON, "THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE" is a home that focuses on a single moment in time that is either the most aerobic or disastrous episode in British military history. The event that the poem focuses on is the Crimean (1853 to 1856). Poetry has a unique ability. It captures more than just fact it allows us to feel emotions long after the cannons have silenced the burning his ashes. 600 men bravely charged cannons to the right cannons to the left. Tennyson's poem is a tribute to the men who overcame their fear and claim glory for themselves. We do not praise war when we honor the courageous. A war has no soul it cannot lose anything of value. But individuals can rise up in impossible circumstances and earn glory and honor. A war in any age is a daunting near impossible task. British forces in Crimean were caught between two worlds. The beginning of a more savage call time of war focusing on firepower and the traditions and bravery of the past. Just by reading a few words of his poem the way the conflict is thrust upon you. A piece of history frozen in time unraveling as you read
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Heinlein. The value of honor and glory is comparable to the value of the human life. It has the maximum out of value and the most meaning attached to it. Because it costs so much. Glory honor and praise to the Braves 600 though not all would wake and returned. Tennyson gives us a peek into the cost of bravery and the war. To overcome one's fear in charge. To fight onward with everything you have knowing the cost is everything you are. These are the qualities we knowledge and praise giving glory and honor to. There are many individuals who participate in this charge we never need to know their names because we know their effort. The bravery that they push

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