Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley’d and thunder’d;
Storm’d 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 turn’d in air
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wonder’d.
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro’ the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reel’d from the sabre-stroke
Shatter’d and sunder’d.
Then they rode back, but not,
Not the six hundred.

—“The Charge of the Light Brigade,”
Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Write three to five sentences explaining how Tennyson uses repetition and rhyme to show what the battle was like.

Through the use of rhyme, repetition, and meter, Tennyson paints a picture of the battle taking place in the poem. The meter helps create a rhythm that moves quickly, like the men riding their horses into battle. The repetition helps create the feeling of volleys of cannon fire repeating as the men find themselves surrounded, while the rhyme helps stress the connection between elements of the battle scene.

Explanation:

as you read the passage below, consider how dana gioia uses

evidence, such as facts or examples, to support claims.

reasoning to develop ideas and to connect claims and evidence.

stylistic or persuasive elements, such as word choice or appeals to emotion, to add power to the ideas expressed.

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