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    Alfred Lord Tennyson was a Victorian poet whose many different writing styles inspired many generations of poets and poem lovers alike. "The Charge of the Light Brigade" contains many of the aspects of writing from metaphors to different of tone and diction that everyone has come to adore.

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    Alfred Lord Tennyson was a Victorian poet whose many different writing styles inspired many generations of poets and poem lovers alike. "The Charge of the Light Brigade" contains many of the aspects of writing from metaphors to different of tone and diction that everyone has come to adore.

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    JacobLutz

    Mrs.Stanford
    ENG234
    2May,2016
    SoMuchDarkfromtheLightBrigade
    Alfred LordTennysonwasaVictorianErapoetwhosemanydifferentwritingstyles
    inspiredmanygenerationsofpoetsandpoemloversalike.Manygenerationsandthousandsof
    peoplelater,LordTennysonspoemsarestillreadintheclassroombystudentsorathomebythe
    averageeverydayperson.LordTennysonspoemTheChargeoftheLightBrigadecontains
    manyoftheaspectsofwritingfrommetaphorstodifferentoftoneanddictionthateveryonehas
    cometoadore.WithananalysisofTheChargeoftheLightBrigadereaderswillbeableto
    understandmoreaboutAlfredLordTennysonasapoet.
    AlfredLordTennysonlivedduringtheVictorianAgebetweentheyearsof1809and
    1892.Hestartedwritingearlyoninhislifebuthisbestsellingworkswereafter1850(Reidhead
    1156).Hewasthefourthchildoutoftwelveinhisfamily.Hequicklygainedtheinterestin
    writingandpoetry.Aftermanyquarrelswithhisfather,AlfredwassentofftoCambridge
    Universitybecausehisfatherexpectedmuchmorefromhisson(Reidhead1156).Duringcollege
    Alfredandhisbrotherpublishedawork,
    PoemsbyTwoBrothers
    ,whichwasnoticedbyagroup
    ofundergraduateswhohelpedtoencouragehimtodedicatehimselftopoetry.Alfredssocial
    interactionsatCambridgehelpedtoincreasehisconfidenceandintellectasapoetandalsobreak
    himawayfromhisshypersonality.Alfredbecameengagedtooneofhisgreatestinfluences,
    ArthurHallam,sisterEmily(Reidhead1156).AlfredLordTennysonsyearsasacollegeman

    cametoanendin1831whenhisfamilygotintofinancialtrouble.Hereturnedhomeand
    continuedhisstudiesofpoetry.Hewascriticizedonhisfirstfewvolumesintheyears1830to
    1831.Itwasntuntil1842thatAlfredsvolumesstartedtotakethestageandspotlight.His
    marriagewaspostponedfortwentyyearsuntilhewasfinallymarriedin1850(Reidhead1157).
    AlfredwasmorepopularthanLordByronandwasmakingaround

    10,000ayear.Manycritics
    saidthatAlfredssuccesswasbadforhimanditmadehispoeticpowerdecline(Reidhead
    1157).AlfredLordTennysonhelpedpromptmanyreadersandmanynewpoetsontherise.His
    workasapoetgreatlyinfluencedmanyandsomeofhispoemsarestillenjoyedtodaylikeThe
    ChargeoftheLightBrigade.
    TheChargeoftheLightBrigadeisapoemaboutaleagueofcalvary.Halfaleague,
    halfaleague,Halfaleagueonward(Reidhead1235).Inthismomentitiseasytopicturemen
    chargingaroundacornerintobattle.AlfredLordTennysoncontinuestopaintthesceneinthe
    firststanza.Allinthevalleyofdeath,Rodethesixhundred(Reidhead1235).Alfredcontinues
    totellthestoryofthebrigade.600menareridingtotheirdeathinavalley.Inthethirdstanza
    Alfredwrites,Cannontotherightofthem,Cannontotheleftofthem,Cannoninfrontofthem
    (Reidhead1235).Thislinegivesthereaderasenseofthetoneandathemeinthepoem.The
    readercanassumethatthe600menaresurroundedandaregoingtodie.Thisiswherethe
    themesofthepoemstarts.Thethemesaredeathandbravery.Thethemeofdeathisvery
    prominentthroughouttheentirepoem.Boldlytheyrodeandwell,IntotheJawsofdeath
    (Reidhead1235).Thislinefromthethirdstanzaistalkingaboutthemenridingtotheirdeaths
    boldlyandwithpride.

    WorkCited
    "AlfredLordTennyson."
    TheNortonAnthologyofEnglishLiterature:TheVictorianAge
    .Ed.
    JuliaReidhead.9thed.Vol.E.NewYork:Norton&,2012.1156159.Print.
    "TheChargeoftheLightBrigade."
    TheNortonAnthologyofEnglishLiterature:TheVictorian
    Age
    .Ed.JuliaReidhead.9thed.Vol.E.NewYork:Norton&,2012.1235236.Print.

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