The Charge of the Light Brigade
October 1854, the attention of the world's most powerful empire was
fixed on the territories of modern-day Ukraine.
It was by no means a benevolent gaze the British Empire cast eastward.
For it was the Crimean War, and
at Balaclava, Britain took a beating which has been immortalized in
Lord Alfred Tennyson's poem,
The Charge of the Light Brigade.
Half a league, half a league, half a league onward - repetition is
used. There is a sense of movement distance and rhythm.
All in the valley of Death rode the six hundred - valley of death is a
metaphorical language. 600 hundred becomes important later on.
"Forward, the Light Brigade! "Charge for the guns!" he said: - this is
direct speech, very adventurous.
Into the valley of Death rode the six hundred - slowly building up,
repetition.
"Forward, the Light Brigade! " - more repetition
Was there a man dismayed? - Was there a man not looking into it, all
doing there duty, sense of doubt.
Their's not to make reply,
Their's not to reason why,
Their's but to do and die: - rhythm, only concentrating on the duty.
Don't reason why just do it.
Into the valley of Death rode the six hundred - repetition
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd and thunder'd; - sense of awareness, repetition,
surroundings, danger and movement, sound and excitement.
Into the jaws of Death, into the mouth of hell - jaws of death is a
metaphor. Speaking as if they're going into a mouth, nearly there.
Excitement but much danger. Sense of hesitation.
Rode the six hundred - repetition
Flash'd all their sabres bare, Flash'd as they turn'd in air, - the
waving of their swords.
Sabring the gunners there, Charging an army, while all the world
wonder'd: - the waving of their swords. Fighting against guns. 'ALL
the world wondered', how honourable.
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As Dante and Virgil, Dante’s guide through Hell, approach the Gate of Hell, Dante reads the inscription above the gates:
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to the fact they were made over 100 years apart. In this time what was
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is exemplified in No Exit. It is a portrayal that life in Hell is just
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