the charge of the light brigade

    Cards (3)

    • what is the perspective of this poem
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    • what is the form
      ballad form - historically used to establish events that where meant to be memorised showing Tyson understood the futility of their sacrifice
      irregular stanza length - varied stanza structure never allowed the reader to settle in chaos in the poem and mimics how they wheee being shot by enemy they could not fairly counter
      rhyme scheme - irregular rhyme scheme with rhyming couplet's,couplets create a sense of repetative inevibility and irregular creates chaos
    • what is the structure
      dactylic diameter mimics the horses hooves galloping longer syllabus shows reluctance but shorter two show they still had to persevere
      Repetition -heat of the battle
      end stop -each stanza ends with punctuation showing the finality at the end of each stanza