Poetry Anthology-The Charge of the Light Brigade

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Who is the poet of this poem?
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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How many lines does this poem have?
55 lines
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What is the form of this poem?
a ballad
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What is a ballad?
a poem to entertain
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What is the message of the poem?
What is it an expression of?
the patriotic pride towards those who carry out their duty even when all hope is lost
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Context
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What was Tennyson asked to write about?
the Crimean war
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About whos sacrifice?
the soldiers glorious sacrifice
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What did he use to write this poem?
an eye witness account he had read
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What was this written to memorilise or remember?
the devastating effects of the cavalry charge
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What were the cavalry given from their commanders?
the wrong directions
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Who were they then attacked by?
the russians
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What are the three metaphors repeated in this poem?
"valley of death"
"jaws of death"
"mouth of hell"
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What is this used to describe about the light brigade?
how they charged towards the enemy despite being outnumbered
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What do they possible know?
that they will not return alive
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What type of imagery is"Hell"?
religious
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Who would have this impacted the most?
the Christian readers
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What does Tennyson highlight about the battle here?
the severity and extreme danger of the battle
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What does the word "Hell" also suggest about the soldiers?
that there was no chance they would have survived
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Furthermore, the image of "mouth" and "jaws" could also suggest what about the soldiers?
that they will not come out of the battle alive
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Why?
as they will be crushed to death
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What do these keywords suggest about the soldiers style of death?
that it will be a painful end
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What does this highlight about the soldiers?
their bravery
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What were the soldiers who returned alive seen as?
incredibly heroic
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What will they die with?
pride
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Additionally, what does the repetition of these phrases throughout the poem suggest?
how endless the battle is

how inevitable the death is here in the battle
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What theme can this stress?
the reality of war
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How does the reader feel about the soldiers?
a sense of admiration and pride
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Towards who?
the soldiers bravery and patriotism
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What may it also generate?
respect
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Where is the anaphora used in this poem?
"Rode the six hundred"
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What does Tennyson keep the focus on?
the soldiers and their bravery
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What is anaphora?
repetition at the start of lines
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What does the anaphora then become?
epistrophe
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What is epistrophe?
repetition at the end of lines
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Where is the epistrophe in this poem?
"six hundred"
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What part of the quotes is lost through the poem?
"rode the"
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What does this reflect?
the loss of life in the battle
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What part of the quote is kept throughout the poem?
"six hundred"
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What does this show about the soldiers?
that they stayed together and did their duty
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Despite what?
despite many dying
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They are all what to the reader?
one
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No matter what?....
no matter what happened to them
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What is the final line of the poem?
"noble six hundred"
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What theme does this stress?
theme of pride
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Why is this at the end of the poem?
this is what Tennyson wants us to remember
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What does the reader feel towards the soldiers?
a sense of pride
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Why?
as they were brave and did their duty
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What structure device is used in this poem?
enjambment
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Where in the poem is enjambment used?
last two lines of stanzas 1-4
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What does this represent about the soldiers?
their naivety
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Why are they naive?
as they charge towards the enemy knowing that they may not all return alive
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As soon as the cavalry are given orders, what do they do?
charge without thinking about what they are doing
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This shows what theme?
the reality of war
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How?
as they have no time to pause or question what is happening
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What does this show that the soldiers have a lot of?
pressure and stress
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What does the reader feel towards the light brigade?
sense of sympathy
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Why?
as they charge towards their death
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TIPS
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What must you do throughout the poem?
LINK BACK TO THE QUESTION
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Where else may you put the context?
ANYWHERE WHERE IT IS RELEVANT
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How is the theme effect of conflict shown in this poem?
as the war leads to the soldiers death
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How is the theme reality of conflict shown in this poem?
When they describe the battle like Hell

When they have lots of pressure and stress
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How is pride shown in this poem?
When the soldiers are described as noble

When the soldiers charge towards their death without a second thought .Show patriotism
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How is loss shown throughout this poem?
When the soldiers lose their life
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How is identity shown in this poem?
when the soldiers die their identity is sacrifice for their country
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