The author of this work had a Lincolnshire accent, as seen in his rhyming of "wonder'd," "sunder'd" and "blunder'd" with "hundred."
The author of this work had a Lincolnshire accent, as seen in his rhyming of "wonder'd," "sunder'd" and "blunder'd" with "hundred." Repetition is a key device used in this poem, as exemplified by the phrase "half a league" repeated thrice in the first two lines. The final stanza begins "When can their glory fade?" while the titular event is carried out by men whose duty was "not to reason why" but "to do or die." Based on an event in the Crimean War, the horror of the action is emphasized by repeating the phrase "Into the Valley of Death." For ten points, identify this Tennyson poem about a doomed assault.
The author of this work had a Lincolnshire accent, as seen in his rhyming of "wonder'd," "sunder'd" and "blunder'd" with "hundred."
“The {Charge of the Light Brigade}”