In most poems have a rhythm scheme, “The Charge of the Light Brigade” is irregular. While in a couple stanzas the author rhymed only two or three lines, other stanzas had a number of couplets and triplets. As the rhythm scheme was indefinite, the form of the poem was also undefined. The author created the poem with unequal stanzas. As Laurence W. Mazzeno described “An eight-line opening stanza gives way to two stanzas of nine lines, in which the poet sets the stage for the charge and describes the entry into the valley” (Mazzeno The Charge of the Light Brigade). The author, much like other authors, uses the repetition and variations of phases to highlight key points. For example “he poem opens with a thrice-repeated phrase so that the effect of the rhythm in the first two lines is to mimic the sound of the charge: “Half a league, half a league,/ Half a league onward” suggests the galloping of the horses charging down the valley” (Mazzeno The Charge of the Light
In most poems have a rhythm scheme, “The Charge of the Light Brigade” is irregular. While in a couple stanzas the author rhymed only two or three lines, other stanzas had a number of couplets and triplets. As the rhythm scheme was indefinite, the form of the poem was also undefined. The author created the poem with unequal stanzas. As Laurence W. Mazzeno described “An eight-line opening stanza gives way to two stanzas of nine lines, in which the poet sets the stage for the charge and describes the entry into the valley” (Mazzeno The Charge of the Light Brigade). The author, much like other authors, uses the repetition and variations of phases to highlight key points. For example “he poem opens with a thrice-repeated phrase so that the effect of the rhythm in the first two lines is to mimic the sound of the charge: “Half a league, half a league,/ Half a league onward” suggests the galloping of the horses charging down the valley” (Mazzeno The Charge of the Light