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"The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1854) by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

a) A famous World War I poem
b) A Shakespearean tragedy
c) A Victorian poem about a military charge
d) A modernist novel about urban life

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The subject of this question is a Victorian poem about a military charge titled 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

Step-by-step explanation:

The subject in question is&a Victorian poem about a military charge. It is poem titled 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson in 1854.

Tennyson's poem describes a frontal assault by a British light cavalry unit armed only with lances and sabers against an artillery battery dug in on high ground at the battle of Balaclava in 1855. The poem emphasizes the bravery of the cavalrymen who charged despite the odds, but also highlights the logistical and tactical mismanagement of the war effort.

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