🐎 the charge of the light brigade quotes Flashcards

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  • the charge of the light brigade
  • biblical reference to psalm 23
  • bravery
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‘valley of death’

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  • the charge of the light brigade
  • not in dactylic dimeter
  • dramatic stop
  • criticising leadership
  • error
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‘Some one had blunder’d:’

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  • the charge of the light brigade
  • repetition
  • unfair obedience
  • dactylic dimeter mirror hoofbeats adds pace
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‘Theirs not to make reply, / Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die:’

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  • the charge of the light brigade
  • repetition
  • doesnt let us forget
  • last line imperatives glorifying the soldiers
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‘Rode the six hundred’
‘Noble six hundred!’

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  • the charge of the light brigade
  • amazed or questioning
  • stupid mistake
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‘All the world wonder’d.’

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