English literature quotes poetry anthology (paper 2)
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quote 1
“half a league half a league half a league onward”
shows the light brigades vulnerability
quote 2
“valley of death” biblical illusion metaphor, creates a sense of scale
quote 3
“canon to the right of them cannon to the left of them canon in front of them”
emphasises harsh military machinery around them
repeated later in the play
quote 4
“flashd their sabers bare flash as they turned in the air” the fricative sibilance used in this emphatic repetiotion highlights the brutality of the situation
quote 5
“came thro the jaws of death back from the mouth of hell” glorifies the soliders for their bravery
charge of the light brigade structure
form of a ballad- commemorates a story
use a dactyllic diameter mirrors the sound of a horse running into battle
irregular rhyme scheme - establishes chaos and in