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Interpret a Poem: The Charge of the Light Brigade

In this worksheet, students will read part of the poem 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Alfred Lord Tennyson and answer questions about how the writer is trying to influence the reader.

'Interpret a Poem: The Charge of the Light Brigade' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 3

Year:  Year 8 English worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Reading

Curriculum subtopic:   Support Comprehension Through Knowledge

Difficulty level:  

Worksheet Overview

In this activity, we will be answering questions on the first half of the poem 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' below:

 

The Charge of the Light Brigade
Alfred Lord Tennyson

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.

"Forward, the Light Brigade!"
Was there a man dismay’d?
Not tho’ the soldier knew
Some one had blunder’d:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley’d and thunder’d;
Storm’d at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.

 

battle with cannons

 

Now let's have a go at answering the following questions on this extract.

 

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