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Into The Charge Of The Light Brigade Essay

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The depictive lines of Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem - "Into the Valley of Death/Rode the six hundred... Cannon to the right of them/ Cannon to the left of them" - “The Charge of the Light Brigade” has long held its place in the public imagination. According to Denis Cummings, it is a symbol of heroic failure, a Victorian icon of sacrifice and devotion to duty. The poem itself is a modified and dramatic depiction of what the war was like. The poem, “The Charge of the Light Brigade” revises the real horrors of the war by rendering it into more dramatic, motivational, and personal events.
Although the article, “The Battle of Balaclava,” by William Howard Russell and the poem, “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred Lord Tennyson tell about …show more content…

But thanks to that, readers can experience the war as if they were a part of it. “The first line was broken - it was joined by the second, they never halted or checked their speed an instant.” (89) Standing in the middle of hundreds of horses racing at 30 mph is pretty ghastly. Getting struck by one of those horses can end your life, but these soldiers raced to protect their country and to defeat their opponent. Not only does vocabulary affect the dramaticism of the story, it gives a lifelike experience of what the war was like. The effect of personalization can change how the story is accepted and understood. The article could have just said that there were dead bodies, but it states, “The plain was strewed with their bodies and with carcasses of horses.” (89)
Poetry typically delivers events more deeply and memorably than the original. “The Charge of the Light Brigade” renders the horrors by making it more dramatic, patriotic, and personal. Conceivably, “The Charge of the Light Brigade” does not emphasize and thoroughly describe the original story. But, both the poem and the article emphasize that these 600 soldiers will always be remembered. Nevertheless, the poem’s rhythm and conveyance will have a long lasting and heartfelt effect in reader’s

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