Charge of the Light Brigade Flashcards
What technique is employed by the phrase “into the valley of Death?”
Metaphor
Into the “Jaws of Death” is an example of which technique?
Personification
What is happening in the 3rd stanza/verse of the poem?
The survivors have met the enemy
What is different about the phrase “left of six hundred” to other references to the brigade?
In the other references it has ‘the’ six hundred, this shows the loss of their original identity.
It also shows how now they’re just a number.
True or False: The soldiers had a choice if they wanted to attack.
False
The historical context of this poem is:
Crimean War
Where were the cannons?
To the left of them, to the right of them and behind them.
What kind of soldiers were “the six hundred?”
Cavalrymen
The poet creates rhythm by using which device in the poem?
Repetition
What is the genre of this poem?
Narrative poetry
When did the crimean war begin and end?
It began October 1853 and ended March 1856
How many British soldiers died in the crimean war?
21,000
What caused the most deaths in the crimean war?
Disease
What is a ‘light brigade’?
Soldiers who do not have much armour or weapons
When did Tennyson write this poem?
1854
