The Charge of the Light Brigade

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  • The Charge of the Light Brigade
    • "six hundred" - Repetition~ emphasises the large number as it decreases throughout the poem -> dehumanises them to a number -> takes away individuality
    • "Their's" - emphaises that they just follow command and they are only used to die ~ emphasis the duty of these men only used for death
    • "Was there a man dismay'd?" - Rhetorical Question - speaker is asking was the men dismay'd by this - as the soldiers did not know about the danger
    • "cannon" - repetition imply there is no escape to emphaise the claustrophobic feeling of danger everywhere and there is no escape
    • repetition of death - foreshadows their death
    • "When can their glory fade?" - Rhetorical Question ~ there was glory ~ their glory would never fade because of this poem + first media poem - so they will never fade
    • "mouth of hell" - personfication ~ no more hope, hell is the worst place - These images personify death and hell and make them seem like monsters that the soldiers can't escape from - it reflects the fear of the soldiers
    • "Half a league, half a league,half a league onward..." -  The repetition of this phrase creates the regular rhythm. It sounds like galloping horses' hooves - it gives the impression that the horses are unstoppable.
    • "All  in the valley of death..." - This sounds sinister - the reader is warned right from the start that something bad is going to happen
    • "Forward, the  Light Brigade!" - By repeating the command from line 5, it shows that the commanding officer is determined that there is no going back. The explanation mark add the end reflects the violence and forcefulness
    • "Theirs not to  make reply,  Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die" - The rhyme and repetition emphasises the soldiers' obedience and sense of duty, even though they know they will almost certainly be killed. When the last two lines of this phrase are read downwards 'why die', it questions the soldier's purpose of war
    • "Volley'd and thunder'd:" - These powerful and threatening verbs suggest the noise from the cannons
    • "Plunged in the battery-smoke..." - The verb of 'plunged' shows how the action was done instinctively - it shows their courage, as they kept going even through a blinding wall of gun smoke
    • "sabre stroke  shatter'd and sunder'd" - "...sabre stroke shatter'd and sunder'd."The sibilance here sounds vicious and reflects the violence of the surroundings

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