Charge of the Light Brigade
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- The Charge of the Light Brigade
- structure and form
- rhyme and repetiiton
- emphasises soldiers obedience and sense of duty even though they were certainly going to be killed.
- repetition of end line on first three stanzas
- to emphasise scale of destruction
- rhyme and repetiiton
- beginning
- "into the valley of death"
- METAPHOR- horrific image highlights the danger of the situation and the brutal fate that awaited the men.
- BIBLICAL REFERENCE- makes poem seem solemn and sgnificant
- "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil"
- "Theirs not to make reply,Theirs not to reason why,Theirs but to do and die"
- SYNTACTIC PARALLELISM- gives emphasis to the true heroes of the story, the men who fought.
- lack of control over their fate- in an almost robotic way, they have been conditioned to follow instructions no matter what they may be
- "into the valley of death"
- context
- written in 1854
- The Charge of the Light Brigade was a failed military action involving the British light cavalry against Russian forces in the Crimean War.
- at this time, many newspapers were critical of the Crimean War but this poem focuses on the bravery of the soldiers rather than the mistakes of the military leaders.
- middle
- "not the six hundred"
- SOMBRE TONE- reader is encouraged to think about the extent of the loss
- "jaws of death"
- changed from 'valley' into 'jaws'; they have reached the point at which they will die. ANIMAL IMAGERY - presents death as predators hunting soldiers as prey.
- "boldly they rode and well"
- ADVERB 'boldly' emphasises mens bravery. respectful language shows that the narrator wanted them to be remembered
- "not the six hundred"
- end
- "when can their glory fade?"
- RHETORICAL QUESTION - encourages reader to think about themselves and how to honour the men that lost their lives
- "Storm'd at with shot and shell,While horse and hero fell,"
- 'shot' and shell’ is both ALLITERATIVE and ONOMATOPOEIC , imitating the explosive sounds of battle and adding to the sense of immediacy.
- "when can their glory fade?"
- structure and form
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