Charge Of The Light Brigade Flashcards
1
Q
“valley __ ______”
A
“valley of death”
2
Q
“cannon __ the ____ of them, ______ to ____ _____ of them, ______ in _____ of them”
A
“cannon to the right of them, cannon to the left of them, cannon in front of them”
3
Q
“while _____ and _____ fell”
A
“while horse and hero fell”
4
Q
Context
A
-about an advance made by 600 British soldiers on horseback in 1854 during the Crimean war
-Tennyson read a newspaper report about the battle and wrote the poem to celebrate the sacrifice the soldiers made for their country
5
Q
Structure
A
uses rhythm and rhyme to establish the atmosphere of the poem and to emphasise the themes of war and patriotism
