Okay, so the whole 'animated Tennyson' thing is a bit freaky... but the soundtrack is Tennyson actually reading his own poem, which is v. cool. Is that how you would have read this poem?
This is an ultra-famous poem about a battle in the Crimean War where, due to some generals making some awful decisions, a load of British soldiers rode into the wrong part of the battlefield and were blown to smithereens. (They were on horses and the enemy had cannon. That's like turning up in Iraq with a water pistol...)
I always ask myself:
- Why doesn't Tennyson spend longer criticising the generals' decision-making? Why does he just concentrate on the bravery of the soldiers?
- If the same type of event happened in a modern war, would the press and the media react in a similar, or different, way to Tennyson?
By the way... extra points for anyone who can guess the link between Alfred Lord Tennyson and Mr S's credit card...
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