The charge of the light brigade

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Created on: 05-01-20 23:38

"cannon to right of them,cannon to left of them,cannon behind them"

repetition gives the poem a parallel to mirror the change now they are running away and that war is inevitable

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"half a league,half a league,half a league"

league is 3 miles,it shows how far they have on their journey and it can also show quality,that they are not up to the challenge ahead.The repetition creates a regular rhythm. It sounds like galloping horses' hooves -->show they are unstoppable

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"valley of death"

literally suggests that they are trapped and symbolically contains biblical allusion to show the horror of what they now face,it has connotations of hell

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"valley of death"

could also link to the valley of elah where David fought Goliath which represents a place of loneliness even though the men are together they feel lonely because they are struggling to escape.

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"rode the six hundred"

repetition to build the tension and drag out the charge

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"volleyed and thundered;stormed"

ed verbs give a notion that the men are bombarded and defenseless in front of the enemies

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"mouth of hell"

reference to the gates of hell which have become synonymous to the underworld

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"mouth of hell"

links to a Roman soldier who bravely rode his horse into the entrance of hell in a successful effort to close it although hi and his horse disappeared in the deed

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"sundered"

literally means to split apart and it foreshadows the loss of men

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"left of six hundred"

implies weakness as the left side of our body is the weakest

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"charge"

literally means to impose a price or fee and metaphotically asks if the price of war is the poeople who fight in it and symbolically suggests that the price that we pay for war is the loss of our men

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"charge"

also means to attack and has origins from dehumanisation which suggests that they are treated like animals

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"noble six hundred"

imperative ordering poeple to give their respect when many questioned the charge.The poet is showing how the soldiers themselves should be honoured even if the decision to charge may have been wrong

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"half a league,half a league,half a league"

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literally suggests that they are trapped and symbolically contains biblical allusion to show the horror of what they now face,it has connotations of hell

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could also link to the valley of elah where David fought Goliath which represents a place of loneliness even though the men are together they feel lonely because they are struggling to escape.

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repetition to build the tension and drag out the charge

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