Charge of the light brigade - Alfred Lord Tennyson

Verse 1
1. 'Half a league, half a league, half a league onwards'
  1. Anaphora
    1. when a word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of a line or phrase
  2. Dactylic metre
    1. a pattern of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
      1. E.g. HALF a league, HALF a league
2. 'Charge for the guns!' he said: Into the valley of Death
  1. Commander told them & they had to obey even though they were running towards their death
Verse 2
1. Some one had blunder'd
  1. miscommunication - the army had charged at the wrong time
2. 'Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die.'
  1. The 'ordinary' soldiers couldn't question authority
  2. anaphora
Verse 3
1. 'Cannon to the right of them, Cannon to the left of them, Cannon in front of them'
  1. Anaphora
  2. emphasis that the soldiers are surrounded
2. 'Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell
  1. Anaphora
  2. Metaphor that the soldiers are walking towards their death
Verse 4
1. Even though they were going to lose, they still tried their best
Verse 5
1. 'Cannon behind them'
  1. Even though the soldiers had turned away, the opposing side still fired at them
2. 'Storm'd at with shot and shell'
  1. Use of sibilance replicates the whooshing sound of the bullets in the air
3. 'Left of six hundred'
  1. 150 died, 120 injured
Verse 6
1. 'When can their glory fade?'
  1. rhetorical question - they will never stop being heroes
2. 'Honour the charge the made! Honour the Light Brigade'
  1. Anaphora
  2. Honour them even though they lost in battle
3. 'Noble six hundred!'
  1. Managed to 'spin' the evidence so that the soldiers seemed heroic instead of cowardly

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