The charge Of The Light Brigade

Question 1

Language:

Answer 1

‘jaws of death’ ‘mouth of hell’ personifies death used to exaggerate the bravery of soldiers that they are going to die at two so boldly

Question 2

Form/structure:

Answer 2

Irregular stanza lengths. In regular rhyme scheme these convey a sense of the light brigades loss of control and feeling a lack strength in the face of the heavily armed Russian

Question 3

Point of poem

Answer 3

The repetition within the poem helps capture the galloping military rhythm this indicates the conflict and power building through the poemits self

Question 4

Evidence for point explained

Answer 4

‘Cannon’ sense of Entrapment
‘Six hundred’ move from ‘rode the 600’ to ‘not the 600’ to ‘not the 600’ to ‘left of 600’ to ‘noble 600’

Emphasises the numbers are not large enough to the enemy the charge through the poem shows that diminishing numbers