| Front | COTLB context point |
|---|---|
| Back | Tennyson was the poet laureate during the crimean war and based his poem of off the event he read about in the newspaper. As he was poet laureate he had to make his poems support England and its monarchy (Queen Victoria) and so he portrayed the event as a heroic sacrifice rather than tragedy caused by miscommunication. |
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