Question

Read the excerpt from "The Charge of the Light Brigade."




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.


How does the first stanza best help to structure the poem?


It provides a flashback of the poem’s climax.

It introduces the conflict that is the poem’s focus.

It uses repetition to show there were six hundred men.

It shows that the six hundred men will triumph.

Answer 1

Answer:

It uses repetition to show there were six hundred men.

Explanation:

Repetition is repeating words, lines, or stanzas and it is used to emphasize a feeling or idea, create rhythm, and/or develop a sense of urgency.

The first stanza, "HALF a league, half a league" is used to emphasize the fact that there were six hundred men , to develop the idea of the remaining stanzas.

Answer 2

Answer:

C

Explanation: