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
CONTEXT
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