What is a form technique in the charge of the light brigade
Dactyl
What is dactyl
Putting emphasis on the first syllable of a phrase and making it sound like a song
Why does he use dactyl
To make it sound like a song as it celebrates the light brigade
What language technique does he use
Anaphora used also to create rhythm
What is anaphora
The start of two sentences starting with the same word or phrase
Why does he use anaphora
To create rhythm and perhaps mirror the sound of the horses Hoofs to create an image of the charge and allow us to respect them even more deeply
Half a league
Half a league, Half a league
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of death
Theirs but
Theirs But to do and die
Why does the poet use and in theirs but to do and die
To show that they have only one fate, to fight AND die making their charge more patriotic and displaying British values of bravery and selflessness
While all
While all the world wondered
What is the significance of the all the world wondered
Change in rhyme shows how he is conveying an important point of how he is wondering how these solders have been allowed to die. Wondered rhymes with 600 and blundered emphasising the number of men that were killed and could show how they are so patriotic people all over celebrate British values but it could also show how the generals blundered and allowed this to happen and the men to die
What is the significance of half a league
Uses dactyl to make the poem sound like a song, emphasising that we should celebrate them and honour their bravery. In addition the metaphor of into the valley of death shows how they are entering the ends of their lives, perhaps representing purgatory and then heaven
What compares well
Charge of the light brigade and exposure as they both show how the soldiers should be honoured but it involves pointless suffering
