The poem ‘Charge of The Light Brigade’ was written to commemorate the battle of Balaclava in 1854 while the other poem ‘Dulce et Decorum Est ‘ was written to reflect battles of the First World War in 1916. The poem highlights the bravery of the 600 soldiers who followed their orders, knowing they are going to die. While the theme of both poems is of war they are in fact depicting two different battles. Though the poem celebrates the sacrifice of those brave soldiers, yet the poet expresses his grief over the deaths of a number of them. The main theme of the poem The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson is the theme of war. The poet explains how they were trapped between the cannons yet they fought bravely.
In his own day he was said to bewith Queen Victoria and Prime Minister William Gladstoneone of the three most famous living persons, a reputation no other poet writing in English has ever had. They didn’t fear from death and marched boldly. More than any other Victorian-era writer, Tennyson has seemed the embodiment of his age, both to his contemporaries and to modern readers. The second important theme is the courage of those sis hundred soldiers. This is why the poem calls them “ noble six hundred” in the end of the poem. The whole poem celebrates their loyalty and patriotism. Yet rather than thinking rationally, the soldiers marched towards the enemies and attacked them.
He told his light brigade to charge towards the guns of the Russians, when the actual message. They knew well that their leader has mistakenly commanded the brigade to charge towards the enemy because the latter was quite stronger with superior weapons. The poem is about the miscommunication of Lord Cardigan. Following are the main themes in the poem Charge of the Light Brigade – Loyalty and PatriotismĪs we know that this poem is less about mourning and more about appreciating the loyalty of the British soldiers. The poem, written in Tennysons capacity as poet laureate, commemorates the heroism of a brigade of British soldiers at the Battle of Balaklava (1854) in the.
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