Charge Of The Light Brigade

Question 1

Examples of symbolism/metaphors

Answer 1

All in the valley of death
Jaws of death
Mouth of hell

Question 2

Examples of internal structure

Answer 2

Anaphora
Repetition
Onomatopoeia
Enjambment

Question 3

Example of anaphora and impact it has

Answer 3

Cannon to the right of them
Common to the left of them
Cannon in front of/behind them
Allows structure to symbolise the prolonged shooting of cannons.

Question 4

Example of repetition and impact it has

Answer 4

‘Six hundred’ at the end of each stanza.
This is used to foreground that the poet wants a reader to honour them.
(Rode the 600x3, not the 600, left of 600, noble 600)

Question 5

Example of onomatopoeia and impact it has

Answer 5

Shot, shatter’d

Form of Imagery to allow a reader to imagine the scenery

Question 6

Quotation that has 4 devices

Answer 6

‘Into the jaws of death, into the mouth of hell’ And

‘Came thro’ the jaws of death, back from the mouth of hell’

Question 7

What 4 devices are found in the quotation

Answer 7

Personification
Repetition
Symbolism/metaphor
Deviation

Question 8

How is personification found In the quotation

Answer 8

Death doesn’t have jaw and hell doesn’t have a mouth

Question 9

How is repetition used in the quotation and what’s is impact

Answer 9

It’s repeated later in poem

Impact of this is that it helps connect the 3rd and 5th stanzas to allow a reader to think back to other parts of poem

Question 10

How is the quotation an example of symbolism/metaphor

Answer 10

They didn’t actually ride into jaws of death, but it allows a reader to imagine what the battle was like, and tells us they didn’t expect to survive

Question 11

How is deviation used in quotation

Answer 11

First time it is said- ‘boldly the rode and well’ is said before and ‘rode the 600’ is said after.
Second time - ‘they that had fought so well’ is said before and ‘all that was left of them, left of 600’ is said after.

Question 12

What is the impact in the shift or deviation of the quotation

Answer 12

It allows a reader to think back to beginning and consider how it has changed
Highlights how so many died as it says ‘left of 600’

Question 13

Main themes

Answer 13

Honour
Bravery
Confusion

Question 14

How is honour and bravery emphasised

Answer 14

Repetition of honour at end of last stanza - ‘honour the charge they made! Honour the light brigade, noble six hundred!
Foregrounded as it is at the end of the poem
Honour is usually given to those who have bravery

Question 15

How is confusion emphasized

Answer 15

Mainly structural techniques - repetition occurs a lot to give the poem a fast pace when read, showing a reader that it occurred quickly
Direct speech is used, change of tone makes the reader change their view of the situation in the poem quickly as it then changes back again

Question 16

Example of direct speech

Answer 16

‘Forward the light brigade! Charge for the guns!’

Question 17

Impact of enjambment

Answer 17

Speeds up the pace of poem

Question 18

Who wrote the poem

Answer 18

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Question 19

What is the poem based on

Answer 19

The battle of balaclava, in the Crimean war between British and Russian

Question 20

Language devices used

Answer 20

Onomatopoeia
Alliteration (sibilance)
Verbs
Metaphor

Question 21

Example of onomatopoeia

Answer 21

Shot, shatter’d

Question 22

Example of alliteration (sibilance)

Answer 22

Reel’d from the sabre-stroke shatter’d and sunder’d

Question 23

Why is sibilance used

Answer 23

To slow down the pace of poem when we come to terms with the fact that soldiers have died before ‘cannon’ is repeated again to speed the poem back up as we start to honour them

Question 24

Examples and impact of verbs

Answer 24

Emphasise energy, and drama of charge

Examples are flash’d, blunder’d

Question 25

Apostrophes are used regularly, why?

Answer 25

To speed up pace of poem

Question 26

Devices at beginning of poem

Answer 26

Repetition of ‘half a league’

This is used so that poem has a fast pace at the beginning.