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• 1. poem to memorialise the dead
• 2. emphasis on brutality of battle

  • "valley of Death"
  • "cannon"
  • change of rhyme "flashed, flashed, sabring"
  • "into jaws of death, into mouth of Hell"
  • "stormed at shot and shell"
• 3. brutality of battle emphasises bravery

  • "into valley of Death" - faith in God, Psalm 23
  • dactylic diameter
  • elegy style
  • "rode the six hundred" - constant determination
• 4. emphasis on honouring soldiers

  • "honour" - imperative language
  • "noble six hundred" - change in refrain, celebratory tone