Charge of LB: Tennyson

• Form: Epic
• Context: Crimean War
• "Noble" death in war
• "Rode the six hundred," horseback, sets a pace
• Lots of allusions to the bible, propulsive with the rhythm of riding
• "All that was left of them, left of thr six hundred"
• "When can their glory fade? Or the wild charge they made" hyperbole