Charge Of The Light Brigade

Question 1

Rode

Answer 1

Rode the six hundred

(Repetition of this line shows the numbers of their army before it went downhill after first three stanzas)

Question 2

Shot

Answer 2

Strom’d at him with shot and shell

(Sibilance shows sounds of whistling bullets flying past his head, further emphasising his danger)

Question 3

Death, Hell (important)

Answer 3

Into the jaws of death, into the mouth of hell

(Personification paints the picture of death being inescapable and searching for them)

Question 4

Honour (important)

Answer 4

Honour the charge they made! Honour the light brigade

(Honouring the army for practically ending their lives for their country due to the captains orders, the rhyming and repetition makes it seem like a chant, like the whole country has their back)

Question 5

League

Answer 5

Half a league, half a league, half a league onward

(Repetition makes it seem like someone’s chanting, like the country has their back)