Charge of the light brigade Flashcards
What is the form the play?
It is written in a ballad form with the repeated refrain of ‘the noble six hundred’
What does the ballad form suggests?
The mission was an inspiring act of bravery and should be passed on to future generations and we should never forget the soldiers and how we should also hon our them
What is an alternative interpretation of the ballad form?
Tennyson wanted the public not just to never forget the bravery of the soldiers but also never to forget the stupidity of the soldiers of the aristocratic leadership and the ‘blunder’ error they made ultimately causing the whole thing to take place.
What does the Dactylic diameter suggests?
It suggest that Tennyson is making a sarcastically edge mocking and criticizing what took place, he isn’t mocking what the soldiers did but the leadership of the mission which led to the downfall.
What does Tennyson refer to to emphasis his message to the mission?
‘Someone had blundered’
What does Tennyson say from he start describing the inescapably of the mission?
‘Valley of death’
What words does he use to iterate his message throughout the poem?
‘Wondered…Thundered…Slundered…Blundered’
