CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE- ALFRED,LORD TENNYSON

BASIC MEANING

ANALYSIS OF FORM

ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURE

PRAYESES THE SOLDIERS AND THEIR DUTYS

CONCLUDES BY ASKING THE SOLDIERS TO REMBER THE SOLDIERS

BASED ON A TRUE EVENT

BALLAD STYLE TO ENTHESIZETO REMEMBER THE SOLDIERS-RESEMBLES CLASSIC WAR POEMS

3RD PERSON DETACHES THE SPEAKER ALMOST LKE HE IS REPORTING THE EVENTS

DACTYL SYBALLABIC STRUCYURE HELPS CREATE THE BEAT OF HORSES CHARHING

NON UNIFORM RHYME THROUGHOUT

'NOBLE' SHOWS US HOW WE SHOULD FEEL ABOUT THE SOLDIERS

ANAPHORE (WORD REPEATED AT THE START OF A LINE)SUCH AS 'CANNON' SUGGESTS THEY ARE SURROUNDED

'FORWARD' TELLS US THEY KEPT ON MOVING TOWARDS THE 'FOE'

ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE

'DO AND DIE' SHOWS ITS THEIR DUTY

THEY HAD SWORDS THE ENENY HAD CANNONS

METAPHORE 'VALLY OF DEATH' SOLDIERS 'CHARGING' TOWARDS DEATH

'JAWS OF DEATH' MEN IN THA HADS OF A MINSTER IMAGERY

SENSORY LANGUAGE TO CREATE THE WAR AROUND

'WILD CHARGE' SHOWS THE BRAVERY OFTHE MEN

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