Structure

• How does the poem start?

  In media res
• Irregular rhyme scheme

  Mirrors horses galloping
• Use of irregular and inconsistent rhyme scheme?


  Shows chaos of battle

  Attempted to bring it back but failed - Retreat of Light Brigade
• What is a dactylic dimeter?

  Long syllable then 2 short syllables

  Shows contrasting status

  Orders being told and blunders

  Helps mirror horse stamping
• How many Stanzas are there?

  6 stanzas

  1 for each 100 soldiers that died
• Poem goes through the battle in chronological order
• What person is The Charge of the Light Brigade written in?

  3rd person
• Anaphora of cannon personifies the bravery of the soldiers deliberately ignoring the fact that it was a military blunder
• Long syllables allude to the soldiers natural hesitance to the order

  Short syllables allude to the soldiers eventually fighting anyway and going to their deaths.
• Significance of opening the play in media res

  Established a tense atmosphere
• Use of punctuation in The charge of the light brigade?

  
  

  Each stanza ends in punctuation

  Symbolises finality of death
• Repetition of Noble six hundred?

  Used to soften blow on public

  Painted them as valiant and brave when they died for nothing
• What form is The charge of the light brigade in?

  Ballad is a poetic form used to commemorate history

  Aims to immortalise people killed through poem