The charge of the light brigade Flashcards
1
Q
‘half a league, half a league, half a league onwards.’
A
league= 3 miles, shows how far their journey is, up for the challenge ahead
2
Q
‘valley of death’
A
biblical allusion to show horror, hell.
3
Q
‘theirs’ x3
A
repetition objectifies them, they are not men
4
Q
‘cannon’ x3
A
link to war, conflict, demonstrates odds against them
, futility.
5
Q
‘rode the six hundred’
A
personifies death, exaggerates the futility and bravery, they are going to die but do it bravely.
6
Q
‘Flash’d all their sabres’
A
swords, flesh in the sun shining off the metal, metaphor for glory and bravery, like a flash its short.
7
Q
‘when can their glory fade?’
A
rhetorical question, not sad about these men dying but about their glory,
