Why was the Crimean War important to Alfred, Lord Tennyson?

Tennyson’s poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” responded to a disastrous episode in the Crimean War. It recognizes that the soldiers faced a terrible situation while praising their courage and obedience. So the war mattered to him as a chance to honor brave soldiers, not because he argued that the war itself was necessary.

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