 Studying the Charge of the Light Brigade? Here's how you can analyse this poem. In terms of structure, this poem is written in six stanzas. The poem contextually refers to the 1854 Battle of Balaklava. The repetition in the opening shows the poet is celebrating the bravery of the Light Brigade. The exclamatory sentence here shows that they acted on mistaken orders which cost them their lives. The repetition of Into the Valley of Death in stanza one and two is a reference to Psalm 23 where God protects those who are walking through the valley of death. The repetition of the words can and shows that this Light Brigade were outnumbered, they were surely going to die. Yet words belonging to the semantic field of war are used to show that the Light Brigade still fought bravely and valiantly. Sibilance is used here to emphasise how horrific the deaths were of the British Light Brigade as they fought bravely. Yet alliteration is used here to show that they're still seen as heroes. Hype before is used in the final stanza to show that even if the Light Brigade lost this particular battle they're going to be remembered in history.