PRESENTATION OUTLINE
THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
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