charge of the light brigade
- Created by: Mary-kate
- Created on: 11-05-18 12:03
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- charge of the light brigade
- theirs not to make reply, theirs not to reason why, theirs not to do and die
- the use of the repitition and rhyme= emphasises the lack of control the sldiers have over their fate
- in an almost robotic way= they have been conditioned to follow instructions, no matter what they might be
- cannon to the right of them, cannon to the left of them,cannon in front of them
- highlights how helpless the soldiers are to defend themselves against the enemies fire
- highlights how their fate is inescapable
- rode the six hundred
- the repetition = highlights how they rode as one group and has an ominous feel
- there is a sense that they kept going with no power to stop
- jaws of death
- personification
- horrific images = highlights the danger of the situation and the brutal fate that awaited the men
- the valley of death
- metaphor
- horrific images = highlights the danger of the situation and the brutal fate that awaited the men
- volleyed, thundered, stormed
- violent verbs
- empasise the chaos of the situation
- flash'd
- repititon
- creates a vivid image of fighting
- theirs not to make reply, theirs not to reason why, theirs not to do and die
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