THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE Flashcards
WHAT IS THE MEANING IN CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE?
DEPICTS AN ARMY THAT OBEDIENTLY FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS AND BRAVELY SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES
SPEAKER ADMIRES THE NOBLE SOLDIERS
MILITARY DISASTER, WRONG ORDERS GIVEN
WHAT IS THE MESSAGE IN CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE?
CRITICIZES THOSE IN POWER/COMMAND WHO LED SOLDIERS TO INEVITABLE DEATH
WHAT IS THE MOOD IN CHARGE
OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE?
emotive poem which both praises and laments the action of the battle.
WHAT IS THE FORM OF THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE?
BALLAD
SONG LIKE
A SLOW SENTIMENTAL OR ROMANTIC SONG
WHAT TYPES OF POWER ARE BEING SHOWN IN CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE?
THE POWER OF THOSE HIGHER UP/COMMAND
WHAT ARE 6 QUOTES FROM CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE?
HALF A LEAGUE, HALF A LEAGUE, HALF A LEAGUE ONWARDS
VALLEY OF DEATH
THEIRS
WHEN CAN THEIR GLORY FADE?
JAWS OF DEATH
MOUTH OF HELL
HALF A LEAGUE HALF A LEAGUE HALF A LEAGUE ONWARDS
RHYTHM
REPETITION
MIMICS HORSES GALLOPING
REPETITION OF DISTANCE EMPHASISES HOW FAR THEY HAVE TO GO AND CREATES A SENSE OF THEIR EXPOSURE AND VULNERABILITY
VALLEY OF DEATH
BIBLICAL CONNOTATIONS
‘I SHALL FEAR NO EVIL’
GOOD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS ARENT AFRAID
TRAPPED NO TURNING BACK
the men took comfort in knowing that their God was with them, even as they marched to their deaths.
THEIRS
SOLDIERS JUST FOLLOW ORDERS
OBEDIENCE
SENSE OF DUTY
EVEN THOUGH THEY KNEW THEY WOULD DIE
bosses have decided what needs to be done and your job is to do as they have decided, not to second-guess them or head off on your own tack.
WHEN CAN THEIR GLORY FADE?
CHALLENGES THE READER
their glory should not fade because their sacrifice is symbolic of all those who lay down their lives for their country.
JAWS OF DEATH
MOUTH OF HELL
VIOLENT IMAGES OF WAR
creates the impression that there is no escape from the valley once it has been entered.
DEATH AWAITS THEM
