The Charge of the Light Brigade

Question 1

what is the Charge if the Light Brigade about?

Answer 1

group of working class men fighting in the Crimean war

Question 2

what was Alfred Lord Tennyson’s opinion on war?

Answer 2

he was largely against it, but he thought dying for your country was honourable

Question 3

what are the themes in Charge of the Light Brigade?

Answer 3

-war and conflict
-power of nature

Question 4

what is the form of Charge of the Light Brigade?

Answer 4

ballad:
-third person
-retrospected
-rhyme scheme - not the same

Question 5

what is the structure of Charge of the Light Brigade?

Answer 5

-narrative looking back on the event
-irregular rhyme scheme (unpredictibility of war)
-epistrophe (repititon at the end of stanza)

Question 6

what is the language used in Charge of the Light Brigade?

Answer 6

-metaphor
-anaphora
-personification
-onomatopeia
-alliteration
-polosive
-sibilance
-assonance

Question 7

what does the Charge of the Light Brigade link to?

Answer 7

exposure - both question war

Question 8

when was Charge of the Light Brigade written?

Answer 8

1854