Where does ours is not to reason why come from?
Why it’s bad: It actually comes from Alfred Lord Tennyson’s Charge of the Light Brigade, which depicts a group of soldiers making a heroic but ill-advised charge at the 1854 Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War.
Who wrote Ours is not to question why?
Lord Tennyson
Quote by Lord Tennyson Alfred: “Ours is not to wonder why.
What is the meaning of The Charge of the Light Brigade poem?
“The Charge of the Light Brigade” celebrates an act of bravery and sacrifice—a suicidal cavalry charge during the Crimean war. Written just six weeks later, Tennyson’s poem argues that the willingness of the cavalry to sacrifice themselves—without calling their orders into question—makes them heroes.
Who wrote the poem The Charge of the Light Brigade?
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
The Charge of the Light Brigade/Authors
What is the saying ours is not to question why?
It is not someone’s position or place to question or defy a situation, order, or the way things are done. Adapted from a line from Lord Alfred Tennyson’s 1854 poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” describing the British cavalry as they obeyed orders to ride into certain death in the Crimean War.
Why did Alfred, Lord Tennyson write The Charge of the Light Brigade?
Tennyson wrote The Charge of the Light Brigade after reading a newspaper report about the Battle of Balaclava in 1854. At the time Britain and France were at war with Russia and fighting over control of Crimea (the same region that Russia recently controversially re-occupied) – hence the name ‘The Crimean War’.
Who is to blame for the Charge of the Light Brigade?
Who was to blame for the Charge of the Light Brigade? In truth, all three principals – Raglan, Lucan and Nolan – bear some responsibility. Even if it had been interpreted accurately, Raglan’s final order to Lucan was probably unnecessary.