Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow (Q. Nos. 100 to 105) by selecting the correct/most appropriate options:
Charge of the Light Brigade
By Alfred Tennyson
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.
"Forward, the Light Brigade!"
Was there a man dismay'd ?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Some one had blunder'd.
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
The expression 'the valley of death' refers to :
Correct Answer :
the impending death of soldiers.
Solution :
Correct Answer: the impending death of soldiers.
Explanation:
In Alfred Tennyson's poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade", the phrase "valley of Death" is a metaphor used to describe the perilous battlefield into which the cavalrymen are riding.
The soldiers are charging directly into heavy gunfire due to a commander's mistake ("Some one had blunder'd"). Entering the valley signifies advancing into extreme danger where death is almost certain. Therefore, the expression symbolizes the impending death of soldiers as they fulfill their duty despite the fatal consequences.
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