charge of the light brigade

Question 1

context

Answer 1

1. army was supposed to back down but didnt as the order was misinterpreted.

the whole text is wrote in light of the british army as the poet laurites job is to write poem to make the army look as good a possible.

Question 2

into the valley of death

Answer 2

1. foreshadowing what is going to happen
2. symbolism valley shows how they arent going back out. valley is a symbolism throughout the poem of death.
3. propaganda soldiers can be compared to zombies as they dont think and just do what they are told

Question 3

Their’s not to make reply,
Their’s not to reason why,
Their’s but to do and die:

Answer 3

1. anaphora says its their choice by they don’t have a say.
   juxtaposes the end of the line. war is alla bout them as the are the ones fighting but it isn’t about them the just do as their told.
2. verb REPLY

3 propaganda they do as their told as it is seen as honourable to die in war.

Question 4

while horses and hero fell

Answer 4

1. volta they start to actually die and realise that they are nit heroes but the product of a foolish mistake.
2. juxtaposition because you dont have to die like that to be a here

Question 5

storm’d at with shot and shell

Answer 5

sibilance mimics the sound of guns and canons being shot

Question 6

rode the six hundred

Answer 6

the repetition after each stanza shows how the army is trapped by the enemy

Question 7

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them

Answer 7

anaphora also shows their trapped

Question 8

some one had blundered

Answer 8

never takes ownership and the person who made the command is never mentioned.