TCOTLB

Question 1

THEMES AND COMPARE

Answer 1

EXPOSURE - futility of war
Effects of conflict - PHOTOGRAPHER
Reality of War - BAYONET CHARGE
^War that has no justified cause

Question 2

“theirs but to do and die”

Answer 2

-celebrates them as heros as they know they will die but still put themselves at risk (patriotic)
-alliteration, emphasis that death is inevitable in thsi situation

Question 3

“Half a league , half a league
Half a league oneard
All in the valley of death”

Answer 3

-Repetition+Anaphora which shows they are exposed to Russian guns for too long. Death is their fate
- Stress on the first syllable (ballad) like a song, celebrates them
- Biblical referance, suggests war is just and God is on their side

Question 4

“all the word wondered” 1

Answer 4

- Subtly urging readers to question why the soldiers had to be savrificed for nothing
- disrupts the dactyl as if this thought is distracting him
-could focus on bravery of soldiers or mistake of the generals
- emphasies blundered

Question 5

“All the world wondered” 2

Answer 5

- at the end of the poem Tennyson wants them to question the leadership
- repeating his true belief?

Question 6

“Honour the charge they made!
Honour the light brigade”

Answer 6

Honour- imperstive which does not criticize generals but celebrates soldiers
- Patriotism

Question 7

CONTEXT

Answer 7

- Describes battle between russian and british calvalry
- Russian forced were heavily armed
- A misunderstanding meant that the british were orded to advacne towards enemy soldiers
- Many casualties