In verse one, Tennyson creates a sense of movement in many ways. Firstly is Tennyson's use of repetition, for example:.
Half a league, half a league,.
Half a league onward.
This repetition creates the sense of movement in that each half a league is the Light Brigade galloping on another distance. The word onward also suggests movement, of the Light Brigade advancing on the enemy. Tennyson also uses a range of other words, which suggest movement; words such as forward represent movement, as well as the repetition of rode, which suggests constant movement. The rhythm of the first verse is similar to the rest of the poem. The rhythm imitates the charging of the horses, which is movement. So the words of the first verse represent a sense of movement, as well as the way they are read. Tennyson, also in verse one, creates a sense of doom. This is done firstly, by calling the setting the valley of death, which suggests that anyone who enters the valley will certainly die. Saying Charge for the guns also creates a sense of doom! Which for a soldier means certain death when only armed with a sword. In verse two, the poet conveys the soldier's responses as blind courage, and determined to serve their country. A section of verse two reads:.
Theirs not to make reply.
Theirs not to reason why.
Theirs but to do and die.
This section, I believe, is saying that it is not the soldiers place to question the decision of brigadiers, but to perform duties ordered and if necessary die for their country. The verse ends with:.
Into the valley of Death.
Rode the six hundred.
Which shows that is what they did. The repetition of theirs emphasise their duties being only to die for their country. It is on line four of verse two when it can be seen a mistake has been made, when it reads: someone had blundered. Not as significant as the repetition of the soldier's duties, there is still repetition of the brigade riding into doom as in verse one in: .
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