The charge of the light brigade

• Who's the poet of the Charge of the light brigade?

  Tennyson
• What did Tennyson see in wars?

  He glorified them and pictured them positively. He was known as a British aristocracy
• What was the poem charge of the light brigade based on?

  The battle of balaclava on the 25th of October 1854, which was part of the Crimean war
• Why did the war in the charge of the light brigade consist of lower class people?

  This was because the upper class or most of the population thought the the lower class barely had much to loose so them going to war and dying was the same feeling of the lower class remaining alive.
• "Storm'd at with shot and shell"
• What technique is "storm'd at with shot and shell"?

  Harsh Plosives of the "t" and "d" creating a painful sound to the ears to impress the pain of the war upon the reader
• "shot, sabre, cannon, charge"
• What technique is the line "shot, sabre,cannon,charge"

  Semantic field of military language, showing the ubiquitous nature of suffering experienced by the soldiers.
• What does ubiquitous mean?

  Universal
• "Half a league"
• What technique is the line "Half a league"

  Media res, to thrust the reader into the visceral nature and suddenness of charge. (Soldiers were unprepared, foreshadowing their imminent death).
• What does visceral mean?

  deep feelings that you find very hard to control
• "Horse and hero fall"
• What technique is "horse and hero fall"?

  Euphemistic language, Tennyson avoids criticising the higher powers and avoiding portraying the true nature of war.
• What does the alliteration in "Horse and hero fall" show?

  Shows the continuous nature of massacre.
• What does massacre mean?

  Deliberately killing someone.
• "Rode the 600"
• What does the epistrophe "road the 600" show?

  bravery and heroism of the soldiers. The fact that Tennyson mentions this in every stanza shows that he wants the efforts of the "600" to be remembered and honoured.
• "theirs not to make"
• what technique is "theirs not to make"?

  Anaphora
• Cannon to the right of them, cannon to the left of them and cannon in front of them.