Charge Of The Light Brigade

Question 1

context

Answer 1

-due to a mix up from command the light brigade launched them selves at enemy artillery
-instead of retreating the brave 600 kept going to the end of the valley all while getting torn to shreds by gunfire
-over 150 soldiers where killed and 150 injured
-the poem praises those in power and questions those in leadership

Question 2

structure

Answer 2

wrote by a poet laureate
-ballad with refrain(600), tell stories we could never forget
-dactylic dimeter, falling rhythm