This poem is actually based on historical events, and its subject matter is the charge of British soldiers into enemy territory in southern Crimea during the Crimean War. Literally, the British soldiers were going towards Russian forces that had been taking their guns. However, the author emphasizes a more metaphorical and significant setting in the poem; this setting is one he describes as the "valley of Death." When the author says that six hundred men were headed towards this valley, he means to say that many of the soldiers are marching towards certain death during this dangerous military action. Besides this dark description detailing where many of the soldiers are tragically headed, the author also gives other metaphorical descriptions that pertain to these men's fatal destination; this can be seen when he hints that many of the fighters are riding towards the "jaws of Death" and the "mouth of hell."
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
What is the theme of the chapter Lead?
Primo Levi's complex probing of the Holocaust, including his survival of Auschwitz and pre- and post-war life, is organized around indiv...
-
The statement "Development policy needs to be about poor people, not just poor countries," carries a lot of baggage. Let's dis...
-
"Mistaken Identity" is an amusing anecdote recounted by the famous author Mark Twain about an experience he once had while traveli...
-
Primo Levi's complex probing of the Holocaust, including his survival of Auschwitz and pre- and post-war life, is organized around indiv...
-
De Gouges's Declaration of the Rights of Woman was enormously influential. We can see its influences on early English feminist Mary Woll...
-
As if Hamlet were not obsessed enough with death, his uncovering of the skull of Yorick, the court jester from his youth, really sets him of...
-
In both "Volar" and "A Wall of Fire Rising," the characters are impacted by their environments, and this is indeed refle...
No comments:
Post a Comment