narrative poetry · 1854
The Charge of the Light Brigade
poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1854)
- 1854
- narrative poetry
- war literature
- war poetry
Summary
"The Charge of the Light Brigade" is an 1854 narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson about the cavalry charge of the same name 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. He was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom at the time. The poem was subsequently revised and expanded for inclusion in Maud and Other Poems (1855).
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