The Different Aproaches

Lord Tennyson's Poem in a different way

The audio file 

Lord Tennyson recorded an audio file in which he declaims his work 
>> The Charge of the Light Brigade declaimed by Lord Tennyson  

The Song 

Piece of Mind Album's Cover

The Trooper
 "You'll take my life, but I'll take yours too
You'll fire your musket, but I'll run you through
So when you're waiting for the next attack
You'd better stand, there's no turning back

The bugle sounds and the charge begins
But on this battlefield no one wins
The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath
As I plunge on into certain death" 

The British, Heavy Metal Band, Iron Maiden wrote a song inspired on Lord Tennyson's Poem. The name of the song is "The Trooper". 

>> Iron Maiden - The Trooper (Official Video)

>> Iron Maiden - The Trooper (Audio)

    
The theaters 

The 1936 version stars Errol Flynn and his very inaccurate version. 

>> The Charge of the Light Brigade Scene (1936) 

The 1968 version, featuring David Hemmings, is considered much more accurate.

>> The Charge of the Light Brigade Trailer (1968)

>> The Charge of the Light Brigade Scene (1968)

>> The Charge of the Light Brigade Full Movie (1968)

The Portfolio

Some other poems by Lord Tennyson

Poems, Chiefly Lyrical (1830):
     The Dying Swan

     The Kraken

     Mariana

Lady Clara Vere de Vere (1832)

Poems (1842):

     Locksley Hall
     Tithonus
     Vision of the Sin 
     The two voices (1834)
     Ulysses (1833)

In Memorian A.H.H. (1849 

The Eagle (1851)

The Charge of the Light Brigade (1854)

The Window (1871)

Harold (1876)

Idylls of the King (1833-1874)

Crossing the bar (1889)

The Foresters (1891)

Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (1847)

The Author

Lord Alfred Tennyson

About the Author
Lord Alfred Tennyson

     Born on August 6th, 1809, in Somersby, England, Lord Tennyson lived most of his life in the Island of Wight because of his love for the quiet life.

     Lord Tennyson poems were mostly based on the classical mythological themes. One of the most famous of his works is "Idylls of the King" (1885) a set of poems about the adventures of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table inspired by the old legends from Thomas Malory. 
     In 1850 Lord Tennysson was named Laureate Poet after publishing his masterpiece "In Memorian A.H.H." that was written in honor of his friend Arthur Hallam. He kept the title as Poet Laureate until his death, in 1892, and he  always produced poetry compatible to his position.

     It was only in 1885 that he published The Charge of the Light Brigade one of his most known poems, that is a dramatic tribute to the horsemen that  fought the Battle of Balaclava and were part of the disastrous charge that become one of the most important symbols of (blind) patriotism and the absurdity of war.

The Poem

The Charge of the Light Brigade 
Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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1.

Half a league, half a league,

Half a league onward,

All in the valley of Death

Rode the six hundred.

"Forward, the Light Brigade!

"Charge for the guns!" he said:

Into the valley of Death

Rode the six hundred.

2.

"Forward, the Light Brigade!"

Was there a man dismay'd?

Not tho' the soldier knew

Someone had blunder'd:

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.

3.

Cannon to right of them,

Cannon to left of them,

Cannon in front of them

Volley'd and thunder'd;

Storm'd at with shot and shell,

Boldly they rode and well,

Into the jaws of Death,

Into the mouth of Hell

Rode the six hundred.

4.

Flash'd all their sabres bare,

Flash'd as they turn'd in air,

Sabring the gunners there,

Charging an army, while

All the world wonder'd:

Plunged in the battery-smoke

Right thro' the line they broke;

Cossack and Russian

Reel'd from the sabre stroke

Shatter'd and sunder'd.

Then they rode back, but not

Not the six hundred.

5.

Cannon to right of them,

Cannon to left of them,

Cannon behind them

Volley'd and thunder'd;

Storm'd at with shot and shell,

While horse and hero fell,

They that had fought so well

Came thro' the jaws of Death

Back from the mouth of Hell,

All that was left of them,

Left of six hundred.

6.

When can their glory fade?

O the wild charge they made!

All the world wondered.

Honor the charge they made,

Honor the Light Brigade,

Noble six hundred.

Copied from Poems of Alfred Tennyson,

J. E. Tilton and Company, Boston, 1870