Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words).
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.
The Charge of the Light Brigade by Lord Alfred Tennyson
Answer : There are several themes of the poem above. Death, duty, honour and respect, warfare and courage are major of them. A commander does not stop though he knows there is death ahead. He must command his soldiers until his death. Similarly, the soldiers obeying the command will charge the enemy forces that had been seizing their guns. They will not hesitate to head into the valley of Death.
