"The Charge of the Light Brigade" Analysis

The poem “Charge of the Light Brigade” was a very sad poem. To me, it was about a fleet of 600 soldiers charging into battle. They seem fairly confident and charge in with strength. The poem describes the setting as “the jaws of death” and “the mouth of hell”, showing that they are plunging into a situation where loss and death are inevitable. The poem says “cannon to the right of them, cannon to the left of them, cannon in front of them.” They are completely and utterly surrounded and they are totally annihilated. The end of the poem reads: Shatter'd and sunder'd. Then they rode back, but not, not the six hundred.” They were killed off and only a few returned.