The Victorian Age in England was a complex time, a time of great national pride as a major empire and military power well as a time of stern domestic examination as class distinctions among the rich, the poor, the landed, the titled, and the unemployed continued to develop. Elizabeth Barret Browning, Robert Browning, and Alfred Lord Tennyson were three leading poets of the era who explored themes of social conscience and class distinction as well …showed first 75 words of 963 total…

…showed last 75 words of 963 total…poem of sheer celebration of human courage in the face of adversity. By immortalizing the Light Brigade with this poem of praise, Tennyson showed himself to be contemporary with the Victorian Era themes of national pride and imperialism. Though all three poets choose different tones and drew from different sources of information, Barret Browning, Robert Browning, and Tennyson all contributed artistically to create a better picture of the Victorian Age for the generations to come.