Charge Of The Light Brigade Flashcards
Who is this poem by?
Alfred Lord Tennyson
What is the metre in this poem? And what does it mean?
Dactyl dimeter
Dactyl means that there are three sylabbles per foot with 1 stressed and two unstressed
Dimeter means that there are two stresses pet line
What does the plodding pace suggest?
It seems to get rid of all individuality and focus on the collective action of the 600
What does the phrase “half a league half a league onwards?” Show?
It shows that the soldiers are patriotic and will travel a long way for war
What does the phrase “All in the valley of death” show?
That the soldiers are riding into their death. Creates a dooming atmosphere
What is the refrain in this poem?
Some form of “into the valley of death rode the 600”
The phrase “into the valley of death” has 7 syllables. What does this show?
It puts the metre under strain shifting the stress onto the final word “death”
Give the rhyming triplet quote
“Theirs not to make reply…reason why…but to do and die”
Give an example of personification
“Into the jaws of death into the mouth of hell”
“Then they rode back but not not the 600” what does this double negative do?
Emphasises the fact that people have died
“While horse and hero fell” what does this connotate?
Death and self sacrifice
Give an example of a rhetorical question
“When can their glory fade?”
What does the refrain at the end of each paragraph suggest?
That whilst things are changing their spirit will ultimately stay the same
The final line is “noble six hundred!” What does the exclamation mark show?
It creates a cheerful tone shows that the war was worth it
