Context

• Tennyson uses Heroic Couplets throughout his poem as they give it a sense of rhythm and structure.
• Who wrote Charge of the Light Brigade?

  Lord Tennyson
• What war was the poem based on?

  Crimean War
• Was Lord Tennyson paid to write the poem?

  He was Poet laureate

  Paid to write poem
• Publics opinion on Crimean War?

  Unpopular

  Members of Light Brigade

  The lower class was deliberately unprepared
• Poem made to soften blow on public of military blunder
• How does Tennyson criticise decisions?

  "Blunder"
• How many died during Crimean War?

  257
• Bayonets vs Guns shows how unprepared the soldiers where but still fought showing a sense of patriotism