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Lesson Plan

British Library: Tennyson's the Charge of the Light Brigade: A Close Reading

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In this activity, students will consider the context within which Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'. The poem immediately captured the public imagination, where it has remained, testimony to heroic failure, self-sacrifice, and duty in war.[PDF]

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Concepts
rhythm, british imperialism, poetry
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british library: tennyson's the charge of the light brigade: a close reading, british poetry, crimean war, foreshadow, war poetry, world war one poetry, rhyme, works of alfred, lord tennyson
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional