English: Charge of the Light Brigade Key Points
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- Charge of the Light Brigade
- Repetition
- Repetition of cannon
- Stress is placed on it as it's the first word of the line
- Onomatopoeia - short and sharp syllable followed by softer one
- As if the soldiers are surrounded
- Repetition of cannon
- Structure
- Regular line length and rhythm
- Seamless, robotic and mechanical
- Verbs are placed at the beginning of lines to convey the stress and action
- Especially in stanza 4, where the action peaks
- Plunged, flash'd, reel'd
- Regular line length and rhythm
- Personification
- The valley is personified, making it seem as though death is inescapable
- Jaws of death
- Mouth of hell
- The valley is personified, making it seem as though death is inescapable
- Ideas about patriotism
- Told that the soldiers were 'noble' and worthy of honour
- Justifies their sacrifice
- 'When can their glory fade?' could be sarcastic, as the events which have been described are not glorious - many have died
- Form
- Narrated in 3rd person, making it seem like a nursery rhyme or story
- Trivializes their death
- Regular line length and rhythm
- Seamless, robotic and mechanical
- Narrated in 3rd person, making it seem like a nursery rhyme or story
- Repetition
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