Read the passage from "The Charge of the Light Brigade:"

Question

"Forward, the Light Brigade!"
Was there a man dismayed?
Someone had blundered.
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs but to do and die.
Into the Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

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

A) The first syllable in each line; it slows the reader at the beginning of each line.
B) The first and fourth syllable in each line; it creates a sensation of horse hooves drumming on the ground.
C) The last syllable in each line; it creates a pause at the end of the line.
D) Every other syllable in each line; it creates a sing-song rhythm.

Is it c?

Answer 1

Yes, C is correct.