POEM (Form 4): The Charge of the Light Brigade

Was there a man dismayed?

Not though the soldier knew

Someone had blundered

What do these lines tell us about the soldiers?

• The soldiers did not feel afraid although they knew that they were going to the deadly battlefield.

• The soldiers did not ready for the battlefield.

• There was someone who was killed in the battlefield.

• The soldiers are ready to face the battlefield and they are very sure that they will own the war.

Why did the soldiers ride to their death?

• Because they want to win the war.

• They were being forced.

• They had to obey their commander’s order.

• It was the main purpose of the Crimean War.

Why do you think the poet refers the valley as “The Valley of Death”?

What kind of weapons did the Light Brigade have?

• cannons

• grenades

• rifles

• snipers

Write the meanings of the following lines:

"Theirs not to reply"

How many soldiers were in The Light Brigade?

• 500 soldiers

• 600 soldiers

• 700 soldiers

• 800 soldiers

In Stanza 2, which word means ‘made a serious mistake’?

Some one had blundered :

Theirs not to make reply,

Theirs not to reason why,

Theirs but to do and die :

Into the valley of Death

Rode the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,

Cannon to left of them,

Cannon in front of them

What feeling do the lines above convey?

• panicked

• confused

• nervous

• anxious

Charge for the guns!' he said :

Into the valley of Death

Rode the six hundred.

Who does ‘he’ refers to?

• soldier

• opponent

• commander

• persona

Give two adjectives to describe the six hundred men?

• noble

• pathetic

• inept

• heroic