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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who wrote the famous 1855 poem ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’?
A
Lord Alfred Tennyson
B
Lord Alfred Tennyson
C
Johannes Gutenberg
D
René Descartes
Explanation: 

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: -’The Charge of the Light Brigade’ is a poem by Victorian poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The piece was written in response to actual events which took place as part of the Crimean War. The result of a miscommunication, the Charge led to many deaths.

Detailed explanation-3: -"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.

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