Read the stanza from “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson “Forward, the Light Brigade!”
Was there a man dismayed?
Not though the soldier knew
Someone had blundered.
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.

Where are the stressed syllables in each line, and what is their effect?

Every other syllable in each line; it creates a sing-song rhythm.

The last syllable in each line; it creates a pause at the end of the line.

The first and fourth syllable in each line; it creates a sensation of horse hooves drumming on the ground.

The first syllable in each line; it slows the reader at the beginning of each line.

Read the stanza from “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

“Forward, the Light Brigade!”
Was there a man dismayed?
Not though the soldier knew
Someone had blundered.
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.

Where are the stressed syllables in each line, and what is their effect?

Every other syllable in each line; it creates a sing-song rhythm.

The last syllable in each line; it creates a pause at the end of the line.

The first and fourth syllable in each line; it creates a sensation of horse hooves drumming on the ground.

The first syllable in each line; it slows the reader at the beginning of each line.