The Charge Of The Light Brigade Flashcards
“half a league, half a league”
in medias res
throws the reader straight into the action
“All in the Valley of Death”
metaphor + repetition. biblical sacrifice of life
“was there a man dismay’d”
rhetorical question
the general mistook orders and that led to the death of many men
“Some one had blunder’d”
obedience- the soldiers has don choice, they had to follow the orders
“Cannon to the right of them,
Cannon to the left of them,
Cannon in front of them “
repetition in the middle, they’re trapped emphasis on not being able to escape. They’re in a loft or death situation
volley’d and thunder’d;
violent, verbs
into the jaws of death
metaphor for inescapable death
flash’d all their sabres bare,
flash’d as they turn’d in air
rhythm and rhyme
a sabre’s a large sword
plunged in the battery-smoke
the soldiers know they’re going to die
it’s a suicide mission
shatter’d and sunder’d.
lexical field of destruction
loss of stability
storm’d at with shot and shell
while horse here fell,
harsh and violent
sibilance
rhyme
