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1
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Who wrote the poem

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Alfred Lord Tennyson

2
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When was the poem written

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1854

3
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What person was it written in

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3rd person- sounds like an official account

4
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Explain the effect of rhyme

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strong rhythm created through regular rhyme, dimeter and dactylic evokes the sound of the horse hooves and drums

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Give example of anaphora, how does this repetition add to the poem

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Cannon to the right of them 
cannon to the left of them 
cannon in front of them 
and 
Half a league, half a league, half a league onwards

emphasises the relentless forward motion of the soliders and how they have followed orders

6
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Give context on the poem

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Based on the Crimean war, where a miscommunication sent the light brigade into combat.

7
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What was tennyson

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a poet laureate which could explain the propagandist tone

8
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Where is there a shift in the poem

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after riding into the jaws of death and mouth of hell, instead of rode the six hundred, the next stanza says “not the six hundred” meaning loss of lives

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Give example of direct speach

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“forward, the light brigade!”
heightens drama
quoting captain

10
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finish the quotation “white………………………

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“white horse and hero fell”

white has connotations of innocence, emotive language

11
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finish the quotation “theirs but……..

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“theirs but to do or die” suggests men had no choice in those days but to fight