Charge of the light brigade

Question 1

Form

Answer 1

• Ballad
• In third person making it a story
• Regular relentless rhythm creates a fast pace
• Rhyming couplets & triplets drive the poem forwards
• Momentum is broken by unrhymed lines which could mirror the horse stumbling & soldiers falling
• Over lack rhyme scheme hints at the chaos of war

Question 2

Structure

Answer 2

• Written in dimeter & dactylic
• 6 stanzas
• Military rhyme
• Tells the story of the battle in chronological order in the first 3 stanzas

Question 3

Repetition

Answer 3

Written in dimeter & dactylic

• 6 stanzas
• Military rhyme
• Tells the story of the battle in chronological order in the first 3 stanzas

Question 4

Heroic language

Answer 4

Adverbs like “ boldly” &verbs like “ charging empathise men’s bravery

Question 5

Violent language

Answer 5

Chooses powerful verbs & adjectives & uses sounds to create a vivid noisy hellish setting

Question 6

Feelings & attitudes

Answer 6

• Admiration: Narrator admires the bravery & sacrifice of the men
• Patriotism: The men followed the orders because of their duty to their country

Question 7

Key points:

Answer 7

• Repetition helps capture the galloping military rhythm, indicates conflict & power
• Peot is clearing distinguishing between the bravery of the men
• Military langauge is mixed with religious allusions to suggest epic scale