the charge of the light Brigade

    Cards (11)

    • the title 'the charge of the light Brigade' emphasise the soldiers in the Crimean war and the connotation of 'charge' emphasise that the soldiers fought bravely
    • repetition of 'half-a league' emphasise the soldiers never ending struggle
    • military terminology 'valley of death' emphasise the soldiers going to the battlefield so soldiers look brave and a hero as they knew death is inevitable which the writer forces us to be proud of the soldiers
    • series of preposition 'cannon to the right' 'cannon to the left' cannon to the left' emphasise that the soldiers are surrounded by an inescapable death
    • series of verbs 'shattered' 'sundered' emphasise the soldiers intense pain and creates sympathy as death was unjustified as the location had been wrong
    • repetition of 'honour' forces us to feel proud of the soldiers and the meaning to remember their sacrifice
    • repetition 'half-a league'
    • military terminology 'valley of death'
    • series of preposition 'cannon to the right' 'cannon to the left' 'cannon to the front'
    • series of verbs 'shattered' 'sundered'
    • repetition 'honour'
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