ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -’The Charge of the Light Brigade’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson praised the heroism of the British light brigade cavalry who were led into a charge at the Battle of Balaklava on 25 October 1854.

Detailed explanation-2: -A poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892), first published in The Examiner in 1854. Tennyson became Poet Laureate in 1850, and part of his function was to commemorate major national events.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Charge of the Light Brigade, poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, published in 1855. The poem, written in Tennyson’s capacity as poet laureate, commemorates the heroism of a brigade of British soldiers at the Battle of Balaklava (1854) in the Crimean War.

Detailed explanation-4: -"The Charge of the Light Brigade” is an 1854 narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson about the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War. He wrote the original version on 2 December 1854, and it was published on 9 December 1854 in The Examiner.

Detailed explanation-5: -Charge of the Light Brigade, (Oct. 25 [Oct. 13, Old Style], 1854), disastrous British cavalry charge against heavily defended Russian troops at the Battle of Balaklava (1854) during the Crimean War (1853-56). The suicidal attack was made famous by Alfred, Lord Tennyson in his 1855 poem of the same name.