“Their’s not to make reply,
Their’s not to reason why,
Their’s but to do or die.”
This creates sadness with in the reader but it also makes the reader proud of the soldiers and it makes the reader realise the soldier’s courage and bravery. Also the quote above is meant to be said quickly as there is more words on each line which speeds the way it is read up. It also is repetitive, “Their’s not”, both of these enhance the readers view on the soldiers as it sticks in the readers mind which therefore reinforces the idea of courage and bravery.
In the both the third and the fifth stanza Tennyson creates a different view and a quicker more exciting atmosphere via the use of some of the words used and the amount of words used per line. Tennyson introduces the fighting at the start of the third stanza and uses repetition again to enhance the danger the soldiers are in. The repetition is:
“Cannon to the right of them,
Cannon to the left of them,
Cannon in front of them.”
Also Tennyson uses personification to make the situation come across much more dangerous to the reader, he says “Jaws of death” this makes the situation seem much more dangerous as it is saying they are riding to there death which enhances the pathos in the stanza. To enhance the idea of the situation that the soldiers were in Tennyson ends the third and fifth stanzas differently. In the third Tennyson put “Rode the six hundred” where as in the fifth he put “All that was left of them, Left of the six hundred” which gives the reader an idea of how many soldiers really died.
In stanza Four Tennyson introduces the Light Brigade‘s attack of the guns. Tennyson enhances the idea that the soldiers are heroes and that they a courageous and glorious. He does this by repeating certain words. He says:
“Flash’d all their sabres bare,
Flash’d as they turned in the air”
Tennyson uses the word Flash’d this is because it makes the soldiers seam important, this is because flash’d means shiny or bright and if metal in this case is shiny it comes across as expensive and important. Therefore by saying this Tennyson increases the glory of the soldiers as they seam more important. Also the word flash’d is an onomatopoeia as it imitates the sound it is describing.
