Charge Of The Light Brigade Essay

War results in the death of many people. An example would be the Crimean War. The war started in the year 1853. It was a war fought against Russia by Britain, France, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. One complication in the war was that the British Light Brigade ran into Russian fire, in which 600 British horsemen were surrounded. They were fired at, and in the end, 278 of the Light Brigade soldiers either were injured or killed. The poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson reflects how intense the firing was, how loyal and unquestioning the soldiers were, and how brave the soldiers were. To start with, the poem provides details of how intense the firing of weapons were. The soldiers were “volley’d and thunder’d; storm’d at with shots and shells” (Tennyson 94). “Volley’d and thunder’d” provides imagery detail by creating a scene about all the soldiers being shot at altogether. When it uses the word thunder’d, it could mean a thunder and rain storm was …show more content…
When it uses the phrase, “boldly they rode and well, into the Jaws of Death”, it could mean that they went to their deaths knowing they were going to die (Tennyson 93). When it uses the world jaws, animals, monsters have jaws. This could be a sign of them going to a place where they will be hunted. Bravery is signified in this piece of evidence because they just sacrificed themselves for their country. “With diminished ranks, thinned by those thirty guns, which the Russians had laid with the most deadliest accuracy”, were the British light Brigade up against the Russian (Russell 89). They were totally outnumbered in both army men and weapons. An estimation of about 278 of the British Brigade men were killed or wounded. Even though bravery is a good characteristic, war is still