The Charge of the Light Brigade

The poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" uses imagery and figurative language to create the tone of exhilaration and the theme of honouring the qualities of the Light Brigade. The poem is an allusion to an actual light cavalry brigade who fought against the Russian army in the Crimean War. Throughout the poem, the poet uses strong imagery and metaphors to help describe the dangers that the Brigade faced, which in turn explained the reason to honour the Brigade for their victory. Furthermore, the writer uses the imagery and other figures of speech to set the tone in the poem. In addition, the poets use of rhyme scheme with the repetition of statements and words puts emphasis on certain lines which in turn provides development for the tone. The writer uses imagery, rhyme scheme, and other poetic devices to help display the theme and tone of the poem.
He uses a third person point of view, most probably a male because of the gender biases in the 19th century that women should not be on the battlefield when the battle took place, to tell the tale of the light cavalry division, called the Light Brigade. The Brigade travelled deep into Russian territory, which was communicated by the poet saying "Half a league / half a league", and fought the Russian army. They had to travel through artillery fire and then break through the Russian front line. Through close range sword combat the Brigade won the battle and the Russian army retreated. The writer’s goal was to help everyone in general realize and honour the bravery and determination of the soldiers who fought.
In the poem itself, though, there is the same repetition of certain lines to provide emphasis on the subject. An example would be when the poet says "Half a league, half a league / Half a league onward". In the example, the word "league" in this poem is used as a measure of distance and by repeating the statement the writer is trying to illustrate that the soldiers travelled a great distance. In addition, he