Charge Of The Light Brigade

LI: To understand the story behind the poem.

This week we learnt about the poem called the Light Brigade. We had to unpack the poem bit by bit to understand the meaning behind the poem. The author of this poem is Alfred Lord Testiness. The story behind this poem is about the light brigade riding the valley of death and then trying to retrieve the guns that were stolen.They came back failing the mission, and coming out with nothing. 600 men went in less then one third came back ( less that 200). One thing that I enjoyed was unpacking the poem story bit by bit because I got to learn something new.