English Literature

Question 1

Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,

Answer 1

Dactylic dimeter
Repetition: long distance to travel
Mimic trot of horses
(Not applied in all lines - inconsistency and element of surprise in war)
Half a league = 1.5 miles
End stopped lines = break
Unarmored light brigade - emphasise distance

Question 2

All in the valley of Death

Answer 2

Enjambment: mimic unstoppingness of brigade charge
Visual imagery
Metaphor: highlight ominous atmosphere and foreshadows soldiers’ deaths

Question 3

_Rode the six hundred.

Answer 3

Indented: hierarchy
Humanise soldiers with numbers
End-stopped: tone of finality

Question 4

“Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns!” he said// Was there a man dismayed?

Answer 4

Suicidal order
Unnamed commander (not the point)//
Rhyme
Rally soldiers
Rhetorical question

Question 5

Into the valley of Death
_Rode the six hundred.

Answer 5

Refrain

Question 6

Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.

Answer 6

Anaphora (repetition)
X challenge/doubt/question
Do and die: alliteration, doing=dying (guaranteed)
Die. Full stop. Period.
Bravery, sacrifice, patriotism