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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE

-ALFRED lORD TENNYSON
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THE SPEAKER

  • Not present at the event
  • Tells the military and civilian perspective
  • Told in the past

LITERARY DEVICES

  • Anaphora
  • Dactylic meter
  • Irregular rhyming pattern
  • Biblical allusion

Anaphora: word repetition at the beginning of lines

Dactlyic meter: one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed

Rhyme pattern is irregular and is not free verse

Biblical allusion to Psalm 23