Analysis of the Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson The second poem I will analyze is "The Charge of the Light Brigade", it is about the Crimean War. It is a famous regiment of 600 men. The poem was written by Alfred Lord Tennyson. The poem was based on a newspaper account describing a battle. The article glorified the slaughter of men. The commander did not understand the order given to him to replace some cannons in the possession of the Russians and sent them to the wrong valley. All that had happened was that "someone had made a mistake", even the soldiers knew it. In the first two lines the repetition of "half a league" puts the poem into a rhythm of galloping horses, this adds realism as the Light Brigade was a cavalry unit, and to emphasize the charge of the horse as it sounds like a charge. It seems that the soldiers were given the command to go to their deaths, they knew it, but they continued to demonstrate that they would die for their country. The valley of death is a metaphor and imagery is used here. This...