CTET PAPER I 2019 · PYQ · Poetry / Literature · medium
The expression 'the valley of death' refers to:
A.the place where the dead soldiers are lying buried.
B.the impending death of soldiers.✓ Correct
C.the house of death.
D.a nightmarish place.
Explanation
In Tennyson's 'Charge of the Light Brigade', the 'valley of death' refers to the battlefield where the soldiers are riding into almost certain death — i.e., the impending death of the soldiers as they charge towards the enemy guns.
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