The Charge of the Light Brigade

About “The Charge of the Light Brigade”

"The Charge of the Light Brigade" is an 1854 narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, written in response to the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War. It recounts the ill-fated cavalry charge of the Light Brigade. Tennyson wrote the original version on 2 December 1854 and published it on 9 December 1854 in The Examiner. At the time, he was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom. The poem was later revised and expanded for inclusion in Maud and Other Poems in 1855. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)