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The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Charge of the Light Brigade
II COURSE
CLASS- VII
SUB- ENGLISH
Read to understand
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ii) Into the mouth of hell
4. Which lines tell us that the soldiers of the Light Brigade were really effective in their
attack?
Ans. The lines which tells us that the soldiers of the Light Brigade were really
effective in their attack are-
i) Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army,…
ii) Cossack and Russian
Reel’d from the sabre stroke
5. Explain the meaning of the lines ‘Then they rode back, but not/Not the six hundred’.
Ans. Six hundred British soldiers charged at their opponants i.e the Russians but not
all the six hundred soldiers could come back safely because many of them were
killed by the Russians in the battle.
6. What is the poet’s appeal to his readers towards the end of the poem?
Ans. The poet appeals the readers to honour the ‘Light Brigade’ i.e the noble 600
British soldiers who fought so well in the battle risking their lives.. The poet appeals
the readers to honour the courage and heroism displayed by the British cavalrymen
during the Battle of Balaclava.