Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Charge Of The Light Brigade
- Context
- Based on the Crimean War (1853-1856)
on the mistakes and regrets made
during the war as the men were
slaughtered.
- Form
- Third person narrative and the fast pace is
due to the regular rhyming scheme created.
The rhyming couplets/triplets mirror a
stumbling horse or soldier.
- Structure
- Chronolgical order of how the
brigade went and the first 3
stanzas is the soldiers going into
battle and the 4th is the retreat
and the final is the heroism of the
soldiers who died.
- Language
- Repitition, heroic and
violent language used to
show the chaos and the
ditraught during the war
and especially the
brigade.
- Attitudes and Feelings
- Admiration, patronism and horror are used as
the feelings of the soliders are confused and
distraught as they fear for their lives.