Battling Adversity: Structure in “The Charge of the Light Brigade”
Question 5 • FL-1001040-M/J Language Arts 2 A-CR
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. Which describes the rhythm and meter in the poem?
Answer
A
a pattern of one unstressed syllable followed by two stressed syllables
B
a pattern of two stressed syllables followed by one unstressed syllable
C
a pattern of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
D
a pattern of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable