Charge Of The Light Brigade

Question 1

Valley of death

Answer 1

Repetition, foreshadowing, structure

Question 2

Theirs not to make reply, theirs not to reason why, theirs to do and die

Answer 2

Anaphora, emphasises soldiers submissiveness (patriotism)

Question 3

Jaws of death/ mouth of hell

Answer 3

Metaphor, describes battlefield, hell-sinful, death, torturous

Question 4

Someone had blunder’d

Answer 4

Inconclusive, (captain Nolan)

Question 5

Noble six hundred

Answer 5

Celebrating bravery, praising bravery

Question 6

Honour the charge they made, Honour the light brigade!

Answer 6

Anaphora, emphasises the honour they deserve

Question 7

Half a league, half a league, Half a league

Answer 7

Repetition, creates an image in our heads unstoppable movement

Question 8

Cannon to the right of them, Cannon to the left of them, Cannon in front of them

Answer 8

Anaphora, creates a sense of sudden realisation of the outcome (hopelessness)

Question 9

Shot and shell

Answer 9

Alliteration, feels like sudden death

Question 11

Rode the six hundred

Answer 11

Brigade, constantly reminded of them, altruism- selfless (sacrifice)

Question 12

Flash’s all their sabres bare, flash’d as they turn’d in air.

Answer 12

Anaphora, emphasises the sunrise + imagery of madness, assonance

Question 13

Shatter’d and sunder’d

Answer 13

Powerful verbs, semantic field of attack/aggression, onomatopoeia- recreating the noise of the battle

Question 14

Volley’d and thunder’d

Answer 14

Imagery of violent weather, powerful verbs.