charge of the light brigade Flashcards
1
Q
what is the poem written in
A
dactylitic meter
2
Q
who wrote the poem
A
alfred tennyson
3
Q
Half a league half a league
half a league onwards
all in a valley of death
A
dactyl
repetition sense of rhythm -recreates the sound of the horses
“vally of death “is a reference to psalm 23 that the souls of the soldiers will go to heaven
anaphora emphasises and slows the danger down
4
Q
while all the world wondered
A
disrupts the dactyls with his thoughts
the rhyme with emphasis blundered and 600
everyone was amazed by british patriotism
his unconscious thoughts
doesn’t want his readers not to wonder
5
Q
 honour
honour
A
he can’t publically call out the generals due to being poet loryate so he celebrates the men
