The Charge Of The Light Brigade Flashcards
Memorize all quotes and points
Valley…
Valley of death
Volleyed…
Volleyed and thunder’d, stormed
Mouth…
Mouth of hell
Meaning of Sunder’d
Split apart
Where does the word left originate from
Originates from word weak
Charge
To pay their lives for war, origin is loading a cart- soldiers are dehumanized
Charge and forward
Shows the fact that soldiers can’t deviate from orders
What is each line in?
Dactylic Dimeter
What is the Volta?
But not the six hundred
What does structure mimmick?
Newspaper report
What does rigid structure show?
Strict military orders - can’t deviate even though the soldiers know a mistake has been made
What is a ballad?
Story with tragic ending
What is the refrain in this poem?
Rode the six hundred
What shows incessant gunfire?
Repetition of ‘cannon’ and sibilance of ‘storm’d at with shot and shell’
What does the valley of death reference?
Valley of elah
