charge of the light brigade

• The poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson explores the traditional idea of patriotism and honor through the voice of the poet laureate, using enjambment and caesura to quicken the pace and mirror the chaos of war

  
• The language of the poem uses metaphors and euphemisms to depict the unacknowledged brutality of the situation
• The poem begins in media res, adding to the tense atmosphere created
• Schaffer and Emerson's 1964 study on attachment aimed to identify stages of attachment and find a pattern in the development of an attachment between infants and parents
• Participants in the study were 60 babies from Glasgow, and the procedure involved analyzing interactions between infants and carers
• Findings showed that babies of parents/carers with 'sensitive responsiveness' were more likely to have formed an attachment
• The Crimean War, where the Charge of the Light Brigade took place, was initially a conflict between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, later involving France and Britain to prevent Russian expansion
• The light brigade, often lower-class members, were lightly armored and on horseback
• Alfred, Lord Tennyson, the poet laureate, had an unhappy childhood but received a good education and later glorified war to the British public in his role
• The poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" uses repetition to emphasize the distance the soldiers had to go and the number of lives lost
• The poem's structure is in ballad form, fitting the purpose of commemorating a story for future generations
• Tennyson uses dactylic dimeter to mirror the rhythm of a horse running into battle, creating a sense of inevitability
• The irregular rhyme scheme in the poem introduces chaos
• The anaphora in the poem emphasizes the soldiers' duty to obey orders without questioning
• The poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson explores the traditional idea of patriotism and honor through the voice of the poet laureate, using enjambment and caesura to quicken the pace of the poem and mirror the chaos and panic of war

  
• The language of the poem uses metaphors and euphemisms to show how the brutality of the situation remains unacknowledged
• The quote from the poem describes the valley of death that the soldiers rode through during the Crimean War

  
• Tennyson uses anaphora in the poem to reiterate phrases and highlight the soldiers' lack of individualism
• Euphemisms are used in the poem to soften the impact of the brutal battle, such as stating that "horse and hero fell" with alliteration
• Metaphors like "Jaws of death" and "Mouth of hell" create negative connotations, emphasizing the soldiers' dire situation
• The phrase "valley of death" is a biblical allusion from Psalm 23, symbolizing the soldiers' inevitable tragedy and lack of protection from higher ranks
• Tennyson creates ambiguity in the phrase "all the world wondered" to make the listener question if "wondered" denotes admiration or doubt
• In comparison to the poem "Bayonet Charge," both poems criticize war leaders, but Tennyson's poem praises soldiers' blind obedience while Hughes' challenges the perception of honor
• In comparison to the poem "Remains," "The Charge of the Light Brigade" is a narrative poem commemorating the valor of soldiers in a historical military engagement, while "Remains" explores the consequences of conflict from a first-person perspective