Charge Of The Light Brigade

Question 1

Context for cotlb

Answer 1

He was poet laureate

The public knew how the command had messed up

Question 2

The form

Answer 2

Form is a ballad emphasising the importance of remembering the soldiers
The line ‘rode the 600’ is repeated

Question 3

Dimeter used

Answer 3

It uses dactylic dimeter which imitates the sound of horses galloping, allowing us to emphasise with the soldiers in battle

‘Someone had blundered’ this doesn’t follow the dimeter, emphasising the blunder and criticising the command subtly. The stop also mirrors the stop of the horses when the soldiers die.

Question 4

Biblical imagery

Answer 4

‘Into The Valley of death’ relates to psalm 23 ‘though I walk through The Valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil’ - highlights the bravery that is almost biblical

Question 5

Showing nobility

Answer 5

‘ honour the light brigade’

Question 6

Repetition

Answer 6

‘There’s not to make reply
Theirs not to reason why
Theirs but to do and die’ - this may be praising the obedience or can be interpreted as how there is no freedom .

Question 7

Ambiguous language

Answer 7

‘All the world wondered’ can be interpreted as how the world sees the nobility or can be interpreted as how the world is questioning the stupidity.
The ‘ered’ in wondered also alludes to how there is an error.
The ‘won’ in wondered represents how they won nobility and pride.