The charge of the light brigade

Question 1

“Half a league” (x3)

Answer 1

repetition evokes a sense unstoppability, in medis res opening creates tense atmosphere

Question 2

forward x2

Answer 2

repetition suggests speed and sacrifice

Question 3

theirs x3

Answer 3

anaphora implies the loyalty and courage, obediaance+ lack of individualism of soldiers + context

Question 4

valley of death”

Answer 4

religious language, biblical allusion,Psalms 23 implies that soldiers have God’s support, foreshadows death
soldiers know they will die

Question 5

“Jaws of death… mouth of hell”

Answer 5

personification between the mouth and hell makes the reader scared, methapor woth negative connotations, no escape once it is entered

Question 6

“cannon”

Answer 6

anaphora used to explore the idea of danger, military machines surrounded them, imaginary

Question 7

volley’d and thunder’d

Answer 7

sound effects echoing

Question 8

noble the six hundred!

Answer 8

they will be remembered , we are proud of their sacrifice, epitaph. the exclamation mark suggests that we are forced to honor them. imp sentance to glorify soldiers

Question 9

form

Answer 9

ballad from dramatic story

six hundred is a refrain at the end of every stanza

Question 10

rhythm and what it suggests

Answer 10

dactylic dimeter recalls the horses’ hooves beat, this unrelenting rhythm suggests that soldiers have no choice but to rin in vattle and blindly obey orders

Question 11

poet

Answer 11

tennyson

Question 12

context

Answer 12

Crimean war
Victorian era people were willing to die for their country
“ dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” patriotic glory.
light brigade was mainly made up of lower class soldiers who were lighlty armoured and horseback

Question 13

themes

Answer 13

patriotism

consequence of war