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Tennyson had a rare capacity for creating music out of simple words. Tennyson makes the brook narrate its history- the history of its origin, its meandering and uneven journey through forest and hills and open spaces until it joins the 'brimming river'.
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The Charge of the Light Brigade' concerns an event of the Crimean War (1854-56), which occurred during the year that the war broke out ~ 1854. At this time, Alfred Tennyson was poet laureate and, as such, was the mouthpiece, via poetry, of the British establishment. This poem would, therefore, have to follow the official state line and, if he does, indeed, present a 'glorified view', then this might even be considered state propaganda.
Tennyson's poem was an almost immediate reaction to a 'Times' article, by W H Russell, which described the Light Brigade's charge, through a valley, towards heavily armed Russian troops, with 'cannon to the right of them, cannon to the left of them, cannon to the front of them'. Their commander had mistaken his orders and his blunder caused them to ride ~ heroically ~ to their deaths.
This poem is just one example of a huge range of poetry, prose and drama concerning war. Some is contemporary, often written by the soldiers, themselves; some has been written after the event, with knowledge of opinions that have been expressed over the years. Most of it can be divided into two groups; pro-war sentimentalism or jingoism and anti-war realism.
Tennyson's item is a thundering piece of verse. The metre ~ dactylic dimeter ~ echoes the galloping of the horses. It is rousing and exciting to the ear. It was Wordsworth who indicated that someone reading or listening to a poem might be distracted by its rhyme and rhythm, which almost form a barrier to the words, so that the reader does not immediately register their meaning. This appears to be what is happening when one hears this poem. It has an exciting, enjoyable fun-filled sound, which belies some of its content.
Death and Other Effects of Battle?
With the exception of 'death' itself, Tennyson gives his readers very little overt information on the effects of battle on soldiers. In 'The Charge of the Light Brigade', Tennyson describes battle, itself, rather than the effects thereof. It gives his 'poetic license' version of real events ~ where nearly 600 men died. Death or defeat are the only results ~ or effects ~ of this skirmish. However, the reader / listener might conclude that those who died probably suffered; that they may have felt fear and pain as a result of the events surrounding them. One might infer that the survivors may have suffered physical injury as a result of being 'stormed at by shot and shell' or of having horses fall on or under them. Perhaps they were deafened by the cannon that 'volleyed and thundered' or had their eyes and lungs affected by 'the battery smoke'.
Tennyson leaves his reading audience to imagine the mental and emotional effects of battle, but clues are given, when he likens the brigade's ride to battle as a journey into the 'valley of Death'. This Biblical phrase occurs twice in the first stanza and is repeated in verse two. 'Death' is given a capital 'D'. In verse three, where Tennyson describes those who remained alive and rode back, the terminology is changed slightly. This time it states that they rode 'into the jaws of Death and 'into the mouth of Hell' and these phrases are repeated in verse 4. Again the initial letter of 'death' is capitalised, as is the 'H' of 'hell. This is for impact. This subtly tells the reader how awful the event had been for those involved and indicates how their emotions might have been affected ~ for these men, living and dead, had experienced the horrors of hell.
Tennyson does indicate the effect that this story should have on its audience ~ the civilians back home. They should 'wonder' at this charge and should 'honour' those taking part. The word 'honour' is emphasized by being used twice in the final verse ~ once with an exclamation mark ~ and it is accompanied by the words ‘glory' and 'noble'. There are no horrific descriptions of death and suffering, so the reader is left to revere and respect the six hundred, rather than empathising or sympathising with them.