Charge Of The Light Brigade

Question 1

What structure is used

Answer 1

Six stanzas
Each stanza like a memorial for 100 soldiers
Rhythms dactylic meter
Mimics galloping of horses
Gives poem an unstopable feeling and drving beat

Question 2

What themes are used

Answer 2

Ho or
Violence and chaos of war
Helplessness

Question 3

Quote 1 and what

Answer 3

Cannon to the right of them;cannon to the left of them
Repetition
Highlights the violence
Highlights how helplessness the soldiers are to defend themselves against the onslaught of enemy fire
Shows how their fate is inescapable

Question 4

Quote 2 and what

Answer 4

Theirs not to make reply
Anaphora
Suggest how soldiers lack crontrol over their fault
Repetition of theirs emphasises the true hero’s of the story(highlights the heroism of the soldiers)

Question 5

Quote 3 and what

Answer 5

Volly’d and thunder’d
Onomatopoeia
Thudding and echoing quality like the distant guns or cannon fire

Question 6

Quote 4 and what

Answer 6

Honour the charge they madel Honour the light brigade
Repetition of the imperative verb cements the poets message that these men deserve admiration and respect
Leaves the reader with feeling of honouring the cavlry