The charge of the light brigade

Question 1

Who wrote the poem

Answer 1

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Question 2

When was the poem written

Answer 2

1854

Question 3

What person was it written in

Answer 3

3rd person- sounds like an official account

Question 4

Explain the effect of rhyme

Answer 4

strong rhythm created through regular rhyme, dimeter and dactylic evokes the sound of the horse hooves and drums

Question 5

Give example of anaphora, how does this repetition add to the poem

Answer 5

Cannon to the right of them 
cannon to the left of them 
cannon in front of them 
and 
Half a league, half a league, half a league onwards

emphasises the relentless forward motion of the soliders and how they have followed orders

Question 6

Give context on the poem

Answer 6

Based on the Crimean war, where a miscommunication sent the light brigade into combat.

Question 7

What was tennyson

Answer 7

a poet laureate which could explain the propagandist tone

Question 8

Where is there a shift in the poem

Answer 8

after riding into the jaws of death and mouth of hell, instead of rode the six hundred, the next stanza says “not the six hundred” meaning loss of lives

Question 9

Give example of direct speach

Answer 9

“forward, the light brigade!”
heightens drama
quoting captain

Question 10

finish the quotation “white………………………

Answer 10

“white horse and hero fell”

white has connotations of innocence, emotive language

Question 11

finish the quotation “theirs but……..

Answer 11

“theirs but to do or die” suggests men had no choice in those days but to fight