Charge Of The Light Brigade Flashcards
Give an example of juxtaposition within stanza 4
“Sabring the gunners there”
“Volley’d and thunder’d” is an example of what?
Semantic field
Name an example of repetition in the first stanza
“Half a league, half a league, half a league, onward”
They rode back, but not
Not the six hundred
What is this an example of?
A Caesura
Why does Tennyson repeat “six hundred” and “honour” throughout the poem?
He wants us to honour and remember the light brigade
There are six stanzas in charge of the light brigade, what could this mean?
Every stanza represents 100 soldiers that fought
Describe the rhythm throughout the poem
Is regular throughout. At stanza four when conflict happens, the rhythm breaks meaning the battle is chaotic
Charge of the light brigade was written by Alfred lord tennyson, what was his job
Poet laureate, worked for royal family
What is enjambment?
When a sentence runs over multiple lines of poetry
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Flashed their sabres bare
Flashed as they turned in air
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Jaws of death
Mouth of hell
Valley of death
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All the world wondered
They rode back, but not
Not the six hundred
What do these methods imply
Caesura
Enjambment
Break in rhythm suggests lack of control and enjambment exaggerates the last line, making the reader focus on it and take a pause
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Cannon to the right of them
Cannon to the left of them
Cannon behind them
Cannon to the right of them
Cannon to the left of them
Cannon behind them
What does the repetition of cannon make the readers see?
Imagery makes cannons seem large as if you can’t escape them (encircled)
Why might lord Tennyson not want to make England seem weak?
As he is the poet laureate, he wants to make the country look good
Why does the poet repeat six hundred?
To make every soldier memorable to the readers
What does the regular structure suggest?
Sounds like the regular hooves of the horses and charge into battle
What war was this?
Crimean war
