TCOTLB

Question 1

Context

Answer 1

Poet Laureate
Crimean War - the Battle of Balaclava
Describes what happened when British soldiers were given a mistaken order to charge down a valley to a heavily defended Russian position

Question 2

Form

Answer 2

Narrative poem
Regular rhythm
Rhyme scheme is irregular - chaos and confusion of battlefield

Question 3

Structure

Answer 3

Irregular stanza length
Indented lines
Repetition
Refrain

Question 4

Quotations

Answer 4

“into the valley of Death”
“Rode the six hundred” “not the six hundred” “noble six hundred!”
“Was there a man dismay’d?”
“Theirs not to reason why/ Theirs but to do and die”
“Cannon to the right.. Left.. in front” “behind”
“Jaws of Death/ mouth of Hell”
“All the world wonder’d”
“hero”
“When can their glory fade?” “Honour”