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.
How does Tennyson’s biblical allusion to "the valley of Death" contribute to the tone of this excerpt?
It emphasizes the length of the journey and creates an exhausted tone.
It describes where the battle takes place and creates an unsettling tone.
It conveys the idea that the soldiers will likely be killed in battle and creates a solemn tone.
It suggests that the soldiers lost in war will likely be honored as heroes and creates a patriotic tone
