🐎 the charge of the light brigade quotes Flashcards
1
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- the charge of the light brigade
- biblical reference to psalm 23
- bravery
A
‘valley of death’
2
Q
- the charge of the light brigade
- not in dactylic dimeter
- dramatic stop
- criticising leadership
- error
A
‘Some one had blunder’d:’
3
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- the charge of the light brigade
- repetition
- unfair obedience
- dactylic dimeter mirror hoofbeats adds pace
A
‘Theirs not to make reply, / Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die:’
4
Q
- the charge of the light brigade
- repetition
- doesnt let us forget
- last line imperatives glorifying the soldiers
A
‘Rode the six hundred’
‘Noble six hundred!’
5
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- the charge of the light brigade
- amazed or questioning
- stupid mistake
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‘All the world wonder’d.’