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.
In the first stanza of the extract, the soldiers are :
Correct Answer :
seen riding fast to the enemy territory.
Solution :
Correct Answer: The correct option is seen riding fast to the enemy territory.
Explanation:
In the first stanza of Alfred Tennyson's poem "Charge of the Light Brigade", the lines describe the rapid movement of the six hundred soldiers into battle:
"Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred."
The term "Half a league onward" paired with "Rode the six hundred" emphasizes their continuous, fast-paced ride into dangerous enemy territory ("valley of Death"). Therefore, the soldiers are seen riding fast to the enemy territory.
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