"Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do or die." Why did the use these words? Based on Tennyson's choice of words, what was he saying about the soldiers' commitment to battle?

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"Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do or die." Why did the use these words? Based on Tennyson's choice of words, what was he saying about the soldiers' commitment to battle?

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He's trying to say either try and go hard as possible or don't try at all and just die.

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