The Charge of the Light Brigade (AQA GCSE English Literature): Quizzes
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What role did Alfred Lord Tennyson hold?
What role did Alfred Lord Tennyson hold?
Victorian poet laureate
Which battle does the poem commemorate?
Which battle does the poem commemorate?
Battle of Balaclava
In which war did the Battle of Balaclava occur?
In which war did the Battle of Balaclava occur?
The Crimean War
What literary device is used in 'Half a league, half a league, / Half a league onward'?
What literary device is used in 'Half a league, half a league, / Half a league onward'?
Repetition
What does the repetition of 'half a league' mimic?
What does the repetition of 'half a league' mimic?
Relentless advance of cavalry
What literary device is 'Into the valley of Death'?
What literary device is 'Into the valley of Death'?
Imagery
What device is 'Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die'?
What device is 'Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die'?
Metaphor
What does 'Theirs not to reason why' emphasise about the soldiers?
What does 'Theirs not to reason why' emphasise about the soldiers?
Unquestioning obedience and duty
What literary device is used in 'Stormed at with shot and shell'?
What literary device is used in 'Stormed at with shot and shell'?
Alliteration
What device is 'Into the jaws of Death, / Into the mouth of hell'?
What device is 'Into the jaws of Death, / Into the mouth of hell'?
Personification
What meter does the poem use?
What meter does the poem use?
Dactylic Dimeter
What does the poem's meter mirror?
What does the poem's meter mirror?
Galloping rhythm of cavalry