Charge Of The Light Brigade Flashcards

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‘Half a league, half a league’

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Repetition creates a feeling of horses galloping and creates a fast pace to the poem.

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‘Valley of death’

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Metaphor emphasises the awful situation the soldiers have gone into.

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‘Shot and shell’

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Sibilance emphasises what they were faced with allows reader to imagine the bravery of the soldiers.

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‘Jaws of death, mouth of hell’

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Hyperbolic metaphors further emphasise the bravery of the soldiers.

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