Faculty Mentors
Peter Michael Carriere
Abstract
Lord Alfred Tennyson, composer of beautifully melodic verse during the Victorian Age, used meter to create for the reader a musical milieu. In his 1854 poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade," Tennyson uses dactylic meter (stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables) to slip the reader into a hypnotic state and to convey to the reader the futility of the charge.
Recommended Citation
Rifenburg, Michael
(2005)
"THE HYPNOTIC METER OF "THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE","
The Corinthian: Vol. 7, Article 13.
Available at:
https://kb.gcsu.edu/thecorinthian/vol7/iss1/13