The Charge of the Light Brigade - Alfred Lord Tennyson

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GCSE English (Poetry) Mind Map on The Charge of the Light Brigade - Alfred Lord Tennyson, created by Samira Choudhury on 01/05/2017.
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The Charge of the Light Brigade - Alfred Lord Tennyson
  1. 'Into the jaws of death' - Metaphor, trapped, eaten up by enemy
    1. 'Into the mouth of Hell' - Metaphor, heat of battle, pain
      1. 'Into the valley of death' - Metaphor, war's a road to death
        1. 'Half a league' - Mile and a half
          1. 'Rode the six hundred' - Repetition, Psalm 23
            1. 'Blunder'd' - Verb, made a mistake, power in one persons hand, power over whole army
              1. 'Charge for the guns!' - Command, courage
                1. 'Canon in front' - Approaching battle/enemy
                  1. 'Canon' - Repetition, noun, surrounded, danger, battle, death
                    1. 'Canon behind' - Retreating, leaving battle
                      1. Written to celebrate bravery of soldiers
                        1. 'Forward' - Adverb, keep going
                          1. 'Boldly' 'Well' - Adverbs, brave, skilled
                            1. Honour to die for country
                              1. 'What was a man dismay'd?' - Rhetorical question, no fear
                                1. 'Not the six hundred' - Unity broken, killed, injured, less men
                                  1. Strong rhythm - Galloping
                                    1. Each stanzas represents 100 men
                                      1. 'Theirs not to make reply, theirs but to reason why, theirs but to do and die' - Repetition, disempowered, do what they're told, die for country
                                        1. 'Flash'd' - Repetition, verb, not afraid, willing to fight
                                          1. 'Thunder'd' - Verb, deafening
                                            1. 'All the world wonder'd' - Counting on them, what happened, why didn't they win?
                                              1. 'Plunged' - Verb, surrounded, pushed in
                                                1. 'Shot and shell' - Alliteration, bullets, bombs
                                                  1. 'Cossack and Russian' - Nouns, ememies
                                                    1. 'Reel'd' - Verb, pulled away
                                                      1. 'Shatter'd' - Adjective, broken physically, broken spirit
                                                        1. 'Storm'd at' - Verb, storm of bombs, bullets
                                                          1. 'Horse and hero' - Nouns, positive, what they've done is good, not just people
                                                            1. 'Came thro' the jaws of death' - Metaphor, survivors, fought out, should be dead
                                                              1. 'Back from the mouth of Hell' - Metaphor, carry demons with them, not the same, made it back
                                                                1. 'Left of six hundred' - Not all made it back
                                                                  1. 'When can their glory fade?' - Rhetorical question, glorious, remembered
                                                                    1. 'Wild' - Desperate, crazy
                                                                      1. 'Honour the charge they made!' - Appreciate what they went through
                                                                        1. 'Honour the Light Brigade' - What they did for their country
                                                                          1. 'Noble six hundred!' - Positive ending, praise, others should do same
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