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A02 (12 marks)

Analyse the poets’ use of language

Analyse

the poets’ use of structure

Clearly explain the effects on the reader

Use subject specific terminology

A03 (6 marks)

Relate the poems to their historical and social contextsSlide3

What is Tennyson’s ‘The Charge Of The Light Brigade’ about?

Knowledge

The poem tells the story of a tragic military mishap from the Crimean War, where 600 British cavalrymen were sent on a misguided mission to attack a valley lined with enemy cannons.

Skills:

Close reading of the poem, focussed on meaning and content.

Understanding:Annotate your anthology to demonstrate your understanding.Slide4

A01

Clear

and intelligent interpretation of the poems

Select a wide range of quotations which justify your points

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.

Flashed all their sabres bare, Flashed as they turned in air Sabring the gunners there, Charging an army, 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.

Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon behind them    Volleyed and thundered; Stormed at with shot and shell, While horse and hero fell. They that had fought so well Came through the jaws of Death, Back from the mouth of hell, All that was left of them,    Left of six hundred.

When can their glory fade? O the wild charge they made!    All the world wondered. Honour the charge they made! Honour the Light Brigade,    Noble six hundred!

What’s it about?Slide5

A01

Clear

and intelligent interpretation of the poems

Select a wide range of quotations which justify your points

Stanzas one, two and three describe the 600 cavalrymen approaching the battle.

Stanza four describes the battle.

Stanza five describes their retreat.

Stanza six summarises and honours the bravery of the 600 cavalrymen.

How does Tennyson feel for the 600 cavalrymen and how do you know?

Does Tennyson think the tragedy was inevitable or avoidable?

How does Tennyson portray the reality of war and battle?

Was someone to blame for the tragedy? How do you know?

Use these four questions to guide your annotations of the poem.Slide6

How is Tennyson’s ‘The Charge Of The Light Brigade’ written?

Knowledge

The rhythm, metre, stanza length and language devices are all used here to evoke the conflict Tennyson is describing.

Skills:

Close reading of the poem, focussed on language and structure.

Understanding:Annotate your anthology to demonstrate your understanding.Slide7

A02

Analyse the poets’ use of language

Clearly explain the effects on the reader

Use subject specific terminology

Identify examples of the following and annotate the poem, remembering to clearly explain the effect on the reader.

Repetition

Personification

Sibilance

Imperatives

(commands)

Questions

Effective individual words/phrasesSlide8

A02

Analyse the poets’ use of structure

Clearly explain the effects on the reader

Use subject specific terminology

The repetition, the meter (dactylic dimeter), and the rhyme all contribute to this poem having a ridiculously fast sense of pace and urgency.

What might Tennyson have been trying to mirror or reflect with this rhythm? Why would he choose to write

this

poem with

this

pacing?

The stanza lengths are inconsistent. The final stanza has been ‘cut short’, relative to the others.

What might Tennyson be trying to suggest about war through the lengths of the stanzas in the poem?Slide9

Why was Tennyson’s ‘The Charge Of The Light Brigade’ written

?

Knowledge

Tennyson describes the failed cavalry charge in a way that is implicitly critical of those responsible, and to honour the dead.

Skills:

Link contextual factors to textual details.Understanding:Annotate your anthology to demonstrate your understanding.Slide10

A03

Relate the poems to their historical and social contexts

The Crimean War was fought between Britain and Imperial Russia from 1853-1856. For the first time in history, newspapers carried eye-witness reports as well as detailing

not just the triumphs of war but the mistakes and horrors as well

.

The most significant moment in the Crimea came during the

Battle of Balaclava

. An order given to the British army's cavalry division (known as the Light Brigade) was misunderstood and 600 cavalrymen ended charging down a narrow valley straight into the fire of Russian cannons. Over 150 British soldiers were killed, and more than 120 were wounded. At home the news of the disaster was a sensation and a nation that had until then embraced British military exploits abroad began to question the politicians and generals who led them.Slide11

How are ‘London’ and ‘The Charge Of The Light Brigade’ different?

Knowledge

Both writers make effective use of structure to make a point.

Skills:

Make connections between the two poems.

Understanding:Write a fifteen minute essay response to the comparison question.Slide12

A01

Clear and precise comparison of the poems

Compare the

purpose

of the consistently structured and organised stanzas of Blake’s ‘London’ with the

purpose

of the varying, changing stanza length of ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’.Slide13