Charge of the light Brigade Flashcards
What’s the purpose of Charge of the light brigade
Commemorate the lives of the light Brigade and make people remember the bravery of the soldiers
What form is charge of the light brigade
Panegyric- A text which raises something
Ballad form which makes it easy to remember
Who was Lord Tennyson
Poet laureate giving him the role of writing patriotic and national poems
What rhythm is the poem written 
Dactylic diameter
What’s the purpose of the use of dactylic diameter
Gives the poem a fast pace conveying the fast speed of the horses and the series of sudden events
What is the effect of the stanza length
The long 8 line stanzas show how suffering was drawn out
What does the short final stanza reflect
How the lives of the soldiers was cut short
Analyse ‘all in the valley of death’
Biblical imagery is use which depicts the bravery of the soldiers and has connotations of the soldiers being like Jesus as they were dying for a cause
Analyse 'theirs but to do and die'
Criticises those in authority and shows the frustration of the victims because they can only follow orders not challenge them
Analyse honour the charge they made honour the light Brigade
And a force used to emphasise their respective soldiers to serve for the actions that encompasses the British spirit
