Charge Of The Light Brigade

Question 1

Give an example of juxtaposition within stanza 4

Answer 1

“Sabring the gunners there”

Question 2

“Volley’d and thunder’d” is an example of what?

Answer 2

Semantic field

Question 3

Name an example of repetition in the first stanza

Answer 3

“Half a league, half a league, half a league, onward”

Question 4

They rode back, but not
Not the six hundred

What is this an example of?

Answer 4

A Caesura

Question 5

Why does Tennyson repeat “six hundred” and “honour” throughout the poem?

Answer 5

He wants us to honour and remember the light brigade

Question 6

There are six stanzas in charge of the light brigade, what could this mean?

Answer 6

Every stanza represents 100 soldiers that fought

Question 7

Describe the rhythm throughout the poem

Answer 7

Is regular throughout. At stanza four when conflict happens, the rhythm breaks meaning the battle is chaotic

Question 8

Charge of the light brigade was written by Alfred lord tennyson, what was his job

Answer 8

Poet laureate, worked for royal family

Question 9

What is enjambment?

Answer 9

When a sentence runs over multiple lines of poetry