Question

Read the passage:
Plunged in the battery smoke
Right through the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reeled from the saber stroke
Shattered and sundered.
Then they rode back, but not,
Not the six hundred

What is the meaning of the imagery in this passage?



The soldiers knew they could not win and retreated.

The soldiers could not win and burned the battlefield.

The soldiers were outnumbered and could not fight.

The soldiers fought hard and many died.

Answer 1

your answer is the soldiers fought hard and many died

Answer 2

Answer: D) The soldiers fought hard and many died.

Explanation: In the given passage from "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, we can see the description of a battle, were the six hundred soldiers fought really hard ("Reeled from the saber stroke / Shattered and sundered") but it also says that many of the soldiers couldn't return because they died in battle ("Then they rode back, but not,  Not the six hundred ").