Charge Of The Light Brigade By Alfred Tennyson

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This is a stanza from the poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred Tennyson in which the quote “Ours is not to reason why” references to.
What Alfred Tennyson said was a depiction of the battle known as the Charge of the Light Brigade. In that battle, the soldiers were not discouraged nor afraid by the decision made to charge forward despite knowing what a serious mistake it was. It is a soldier’s duty to obey without question, so they did just that and rode into their doom, where they were all shot by the enemies.
The line “Ours is not to reason why” is stating how we should not analyze or question the decision. Instead, it should just be obeyed without question.
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