Rhyme and Repetition Working Together
What is the effect of the rhymes and repetition in this
passage from the poem?
Theirs not to make reply
Theirs not to reason why
Theirs but to do and die
- The Charge of the Light Brigade,"
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
They emphasize the soldiers' commitment.
They focus on how the soldiers were being selfish.
They point out the items that belonged to them.
They stress that they have died in battle.