War Poetry Subset - Charge of the Light Brigade
English
Year 9
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A worksheet containing exam-style questions focusing on the poem 'Charge of the Light Brigade' for Year 9 students.
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War Poetry Subset - Charge of the Light Brigade
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Grade Year 9
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Introduction to 'Charge of the Light Brigade'
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
'Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns!' he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
'Forward, the Light Brigade!
Was there a man dismayed?
Not though the soldier knew
Someone had blundered:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volleyed and thundered;
Stormed at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of hell
Rode the six hundred.
Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turned in air
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging the batteries,
While all the world wondered:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right through the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reeled from the sabre-stroke
Shattered and sundered.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.'
B
Question 1
Answer the following question briefly.
1.
What is the central event described in the extract?
[2 marks]C
Question 2
Analyze the use of poetic techniques.
1.
Identify and explain the effect of the repetition of 'Rode the six hundred' in the poem.
[3 marks]D
Question 3
Focus on tone and mood.
1.
Describe the tone of the poem based on the language and imagery in the extract.
[2 marks]E
Question 4
Identify poetic devices.
1.
Find and explain the use of caesura in the poem.
[3 marks]F
Question 5
Contextual understanding.
1.
Why did Tennyson write this poem? What message was he conveying about the event?
[3 marks]G
Question 6
Explore tone shifts.
1.
How does the structure of the extract contribute to its overall impact?
[3 marks]H
Question 7
Creative task.
1.
Create a short poem from a soldier's perspective about the charge.
I
Question 8
Critical analysis.
1.
How does Tennyson’s use of language evoke both admiration and tragedy? Provide examples from the extract.
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