And so, in conclusion, from the aforementioned, <br />it can be ascertained that the Light Brigade - which <br />the reader will discern was the moniker applied to a cavalry <br />unit of courageous soldiers - was attacked on both sides <br />by their adversarial enemy as they rode their horses <br />in a downhill fashion into a valley. The poet calls it the <br />“Valley of Death” but that is highly unlikely to be the <br />actual name of the valley. We can infer from the <br />utilization of the valley’s title in this manner that the <br />poet was in actual fact using the phrase metaphorically <br />in order to indicate to the reader that members of the <br />cavalry unit were being shot and killed by the <br />enemy in that particular location. This is in contrast to <br />Twain’s metaphorical river that Huck and Jim go <br />down but are not shot at.<br /><br />Professor Poetry Hound<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/alternative-voicing-charge-of-the-lightweight-brigade/
