The Charge of the
Light Brigade
by Alfred Lord Tennyson


The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson

The Poem The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson
This is a specific example of English poetry by one of this country's most famous poets. This section provides a selection of different types of English poetry including the poem by this famous English Poet. The English poetry and poems have been selected to cover all aspect of this kind of poetry and poem. The following English poem The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson from this famous poet can be used as a good example of English poetry.
 

The poem The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson
 

Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
`Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns!' he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

`Forward, the Light Brigade!'
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldier knew
ome one had blunder'd:
Their's not to make reply,
Their's not to reason why,
Their's but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.

Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turn'd in air
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wonder'd:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reel'd from the sabre-stroke
Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro' the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.

When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wonder'd.
Honour the charge they made!
Honour the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred!
 

 

The Poem The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson - Example of English Poetry
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