The speaker had previously mentioned guns and now cannons are brought into the picture. The repetition of these two lines and the capitalization of Death indicate they are doomed. Once again, we see the troops charging forward into Death.
Their job is to follow their commands and fight for their country, even if it is a risk to their lives. Whether the soldiers have concerns or questions is irrelevant. They do not know if someone has made a mistake or why a choice was made. The line "Not tho’ soldier knew" means, plainly, that they do not know. These lines, in essence, state the men serving in the Calvary are not given information other than being told what to do to. Here, the speaker questions if any one of the doomed men sensed danger and felt fear after being commanded to charge. Because the guns of the opponents were mentioned in the previous lines, it is likely they are wielding more lethal weaponry. This may be because they are outnumbered are lighter armed. The "valley of Death" is mentioned again, intimating the men charging toward their opponents are being sent toward certain death. The "he" refers to the man leading the brigade, ordering the troops to charge toward the opposing militant force. These two lines suggest the men were riding straight toward Death. The six hundred refers to the number of men in the Calvary. The valley of Death is a dark image presented to the reader, a contrast to the sound of the first two lines in the poem. A league is a measure of distance, slightly more than 5.5 kilometers. The poem begins with what sounds like a march when read aloud, echoing the boost the Calvary may have been given at the time of the battle. An example of this can be easily seen (stressed syllables bolded) in the line "’Forward the Light Brigade!’" The poem’s meter is consistent throughout. Lines present a meter in which two unstressed syllables follow a stressed syllable. Though there are rhymed lines in the poem, it does not follow a consistent rhyme scheme. The poem is composed of six stanzas of varying length. The poem was written as a commemoration of a specific event in the 1854 Battle of Balaclava.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote " The Charge of the Light Brigade" in 1854.
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