This document was used in my revision and helped me to achieve a Grade 9 in my English Literature GCSE (159/160) - key words and alternative interpretations of quotes are provided.
THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
BY Alfred, Lord Tennyson
I IV
Pos
Half a league, half a league, Flashed all their sabres bare,
Pra
Half a league onward, Flashed as they turned in air the
All in the valley of Death Sabring the gunners there, Se
Rode the six hundred. Charging an army, while th
“Forward, the Light Brigade! All the world wondered.
Neg
Charge for the guns!” he said. Plunged in the battery-smoke ·
cr
Into the valley of Death Right through the line they broke; Of
Cossack and Russian cl
Rode the six hundred.
Reeled from the sabre stroke
Shattered and sundered.
II
Then they rode back, but not
“Forward, the Light Brigade!”
Not the six hundred. Fo
Was there a man dismayed? ↳ t
Not though the soldier knew V L
Someone had blundered. Cannon to right of them,
↳ t
a
Theirs not to make reply, Cannon to left of them, p
Theirs not to reason why, Cannon behind them >
↳ n
Theirs but to do and die. Volleyed and thundered; t
Into the valley of Death l
Stormed at with shot and shell,
Rode the six hundred. While horse and hero fell. STR
They that had fought so well Dac
III Came through the jaws of Death, one
unst
Cannon to right of them, Back from the mouth of hell, ↳ P
Cannon to left of them, All that was left of them, th
Cannon in front of them Left of six hundred. b
Volleyed and thundered; in
e
Stormed at with shot and shell, VI to
Boldly they rode and well, When can their glory fade?
Into the jaws of Death, O the wild charge they made! s
Into the mouth of hell All the world wondered. ↳
↳
Rode the six hundred. Honour the charge they made! c
Honour the Light Brigade, Tennyson is
Noble six hundred! the
to disgu
the fatalitie
futile
mission
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LANGUAGE
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Light Brigade had light biblically ref
armour
↳ Psalm 23
Victorian
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