I think that the poet divides the poem up like this because he wants you to know about the soldiers and think about what it was like for them at war.
I think that the poet writes the poem this way because it makes the poem sound better and then more action is in the poem. The men had to fight, and it was the wrong command. Tennyson also thought that and they were going to get killed.
Valley of death,
Mouth of hell,
Six hundred,
Jaws of death,
Cannon to right of them
Cannon to the left of them
Cannon in front of them.
The poet says this because it makes it more interesting and more eager to read on.
The words the poet said about the soldiers and the battles are:
Valley of death,
Mouth of hell’
Jaws of death’
Cannon in the front of them,
Cannon to the left of them’
Cannon to the right of them.
The poet uses the word ‘Hero’ to describe the soldiers because there where some soldiers that survived the awful battle.
Tennyson used a rhyme in these lines:
“Theirs not to reason why”
“Theirs but to do and die.”
“Storm’d at with shot and shell”
“Boldly they rode and well.”
“Plunged in the battery-smoke”
“Right thro’ the line they broke.”
“When can there glory fade?”
“O the wild charge they made!”
The poet rhymes to poem to make it more interesting.
The poet asks in the last verse:
“When can their glory fade?”
He says this because he feels like its not fair that the soldiers have to go to war and fight with the wrong command. In my opinion I think that the poet says “ Honour the charge of the light brigade” to ask use not to forget the soldiers and there bravery.
I think that the poet’s view of war is that there is no point in war because it makes people scared and it doesn’t make things better. I also think that the poet was there because he describes the battle so well and makes the poem sound so realistic.
Writing Frame
Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote the poem. The poem tells a story of a battle fought during the Crimean War in the Nineteenth Century. The poem is written in six verses, each verse represents a different part of the battle. As the poet tells at the start of the battle bravery the men knew the order charge was a mistake but they still went on to do there duty “Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die”. This tells us what Tennyson’s view of a soldier’s duty is to obey, die for your country. The poet uses certain words carefully to put forward his views; he calls each soldier a “hero”.
I think the poem is a very good one because it shows the bravery of the soldiers even when they got the wrong command and it shows the glory and it makes you think about what they where going trough and you will remember what they did for our country.
