Alfred, Lord Tennyson

The Queen's poet. Wrote the Light Brigade poem weeks after the battle, from a newspaper report.

The quotes

4 quotes by or about Alfred, Lord Tennyson, in the order they happen.

Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward

Tennyson · The Charge of the Light Brigade · conflict

The beat of the horses. The poem gallops. The men ride into the guns.

Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die

Tennyson · The Charge of the Light Brigade · conflict · power of humans

Soldiers do not ask why. They obey and they die. Someone made a mistake and they paid.

Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred

Tennyson · The Charge of the Light Brigade · conflict · loss

Six hundred men ride into a valley of death. The line comes back again and again.

Honour the Light Brigade, Noble six hundred!

Tennyson · The Charge of the Light Brigade · conflict · memory

Tennyson asks us to honour them. He praises the courage and skips the blunder.