Charge Of The Light Brigade Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFCD EGBHHHCD IIIBJJCJD KKKLBMMNMBBB IIIBJJJCJIB BBBBBB| HALF a league half a league | A |
| Half a league onward | B |
| All in the valley of Death | C |
| Rode the six hundred | D |
| 'Forward the Light Brigade | E |
| Charge for the guns ' he said | F |
| Into the valley of Death | C |
| Rode the six hundred | D |
| - | |
| 'Forward the Light Brigade ' | - |
| Was there a man dismay'd | E |
| Not tho' the soldier knew | G |
| Some one had blunder'd | B |
| Their's not to make reply | H |
| Their's not to reason why | H |
| Their's but to do and die | H |
| Into the valley of Death | C |
| Rode the six hundred | D |
| - | |
| Cannon to right of them | I |
| Cannon to left of them | I |
| Cannon in front of them | I |
| Volley'd and thunder'd | B |
| Storm'd at with shot and shell | J |
| Boldly they rode and well | J |
| Into the jaws of Death | C |
| Into the mouth of Hell | J |
| Rode the six hundred | D |
| - | |
| Flash'd all their sabres bare | K |
| Flash'd as they turn'd in air | K |
| Sabring the gunners there | K |
| Charging an army while | L |
| All the world wonder'd | B |
| Plunged in the battery smoke | M |
| Right thro' the line they broke | M |
| Cossack and Russian | N |
| Reel'd from the sabre stroke | M |
| Shatter'd and sunder'd | B |
| Then they rode back but not | B |
| Not the six hundred | B |
| - | |
| Cannon to right of them | I |
| Cannon to left of them | I |
| Cannon behind them | I |
| Volley'd and thunder'd | B |
| Storm'd at with shot and shell | J |
| While horse and hero fell | J |
| They that had fought so well | J |
| Came thro' the jaws of Death | C |
| Back from the mouth of Hell | J |
| All that was left of them | I |
| Left of six hundred | B |
| - | |
| When can their glory fade | B |
| O the wild charge they made | B |
| All the world wonder'd | B |
| Honour the charge they made | B |
| Honour the Light Brigade | B |
| Noble six hundred | B |
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
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