THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE

• "Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward" - repetition of distance which emphasises how far the soldiers had to go only to die
• "Into the valley of Death" - metaphor for the battlefield which highlights the inevitability of death and suffering
• "Rode the six hundred" - repeated refrain to emphasise the destruction and widespread pain this battle caused, Crimean war
• "Theirs not to make reply / Theirs not to reason why / Theirs but to do and die;" - anaphora highlighting the soldiers duty
• "Cannon to right of then / Cannon to left of them / Cannon in front of them" - anaphora and preposition reflects daunting image of entrapment
• "Boldly they rode and well" - adverb praises the soldiers for their bravery and courage
• "Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell" - metaphor creates predatorial imagery
• "Shatter'd and sunder'd" - adjectives reflect how the soldiers lives were torn apart
• "Then they rode back, but not Not the six hundred" - caesura reflects the false sense of hope + repetition emphasises the severity of this event
• "While horse and hero fell"
• "When can their glory fade?" - rhetorical question reflects how it will never be answered because their heroism will live on forever
• "Honour the charge they made! / Honour the Light Brigade" - repetition of imperatives commanding the reader to respect martyrdom of the soldiers who died
• "Noble six hundred!"