Plunged in the battery-smoke Right thro’ the line they broke; Cossack and Russian Reel’d from the sabre-stroke

Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words).

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. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in behind them Volley’d and thunder’d

The Charge of the Light Brigade by Lord Alfred Tennyson

Answer : The main themes of the poem are death, duty, courage, respect and honour, warfare. In this poem even if the soldiers are small in number, they have to fight following the command. They are courageous and have the respect to their commander’s order.