Where took "The Charge of the Light Brigade" place?
What is it took place during a battle near Balaclava
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What is the poem called?
The Charge of the Light Brigade
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This poem is comprised of six numbered stanzas, but how many verses are there?
What is it is varying in length from six to twelve lines
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What are Tennyson's area of specialization/thesis?
What is short texts and poems
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Does the poem have an introduction or does the poem start "in media res"?
What is in media res
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Who was the Crimean war between and when does it take place?
What is the war was between Turkey and Russia in 1854 to 1856
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Mention three things there are repeated twice in the poem?
What is league, Cannon, death, them, made, six hundred
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Which kind of appeal form does the poem use?
What is pathos
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When was the poem written?
What is in 1854
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What is the mood of the poem
What is the mood of the poem is tragic and serious because so many people died but also a proud tone honouring the bravery of the soldiers
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Who is the memorial remembrance of?
What is The poem is a memorial to the light brigade and glorifies the sacrifice they made
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How many people died or wounded in the Charge?
What is 247
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Is the poem linked to a specific time?
What is Queen Victoria's reign and the Crimean War
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What is Tennyson’s main theme in his poetry?
What is classical mythology
400
In this line an metaphor is used :
"Came thro' the jaws of Death". What does this shows?
What is The "jaws of death" metaphor shows how the valley entraps the light brigade and that the soldiers faced certain death.
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According to stanza four of "The Charge of the Light Brigade", what was the world doing while the battle was taking place?
What is Wondering. The British fought the Russians with swords and artillery, but in the end not all of the British forces returned.
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How many soldiers or men participated in the Charge?
What is 637
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What is special with the refrain at the end of each stanza?
What is The refrain at the end of each stanza is varied in line with the narrative
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Which kind of poetry did the English poet Alfred Tennyson represents?
What is Victorian poetry
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What is the message of The Charge of the Light Brigade?
What is the futile bravery and helplessness of ordinary soldiers in the face of the face of the stupidity of their leaders ("someone had blundered")
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"Theirs not to make reply Theirs not to reason why Theirs but to do and ___."
What is Die. The British soldiers followed Lord Raglan into the valley of death to the other side. Once they reached the other side, more than two-hundred and seventy-five of the six hundred men had been injured or killed of the six hundred that first rode into the valley.