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LI: To unpack the meaning of The Charge of the Light Brigade poem

Today for reading we learnt about the poem called The Charge of the Light Brigade which was written by Alfred Tennyson. It is a ballad poem. A ballad poem is a poem that tells a story. The Light Brigade is a poem about is about the Crimean war that lasted for 11 months. At the war there were 600 men who had no choice but to join even if they were to survive or die. This poem was about the light brigade, the light brigade was a failed military charge in the Crimean war from the British against the Russians. The Crimean war were fought by the British and Turkish forces against the Russia, the war was fought due to Russian pressure of turkey.