Charge Of The Light Brigade Flashcards
The charge of the light brigade context
The Crimean war, Ottoman Empire and Russian empire, by Alfred lord Tennyson
Who were the light brigade
Working class men who had little protection
When was the charge of the light brigade published
1854
What quotation in the poem suggests that the soldiers should be honoured
‘Honour the charge they made’
The poem directly instructs the reader should honour them
In what quotation does Tennyson make war sound glamorous, exciting and daring
‘Charge for the guns’
By using exclamatory sentences to make it sound like a sudden command. Epitomises the charisma of the light brigade
Ballad
A narrative form of poetry used to commemorate a story
Irregular rhyme scheme
Represents the chaos of the war and unpredictability of war
In media res
Immediately builds tension and readers are out of control
‘Back from the mouth of hell’
Metaphor which implies a religious theme and suggests that the dead soldiers have gone to heaven for their bravery
Voice of the poem
Is patriotic, Breathless and exciting
Quotations using Anaphora
‘Half a league, half a league, half a league onward’
‘Cannon to the right of them, Cannon to the left of them, Cannon in front of them’
What is a plosives
A plosives is a word that begins with the ‘p’ sound like plunged
