poem - stanza 3.doc
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Cannon to right of them
Cannon to left of them
Cannon in front of them
The enemies surrounded (mengelilingi) and fired
(menembak) the guns or cannons from all sides, left, right
and front of them.
The repetition of ‘cannon’ shows the soldiers were
surrounded by powerful weapon and there was very little
chance of them of surviving. (hidup)
Volleyed and thundered
CANNON WALLS
The word ‘ volley’ from a cannon suggest firing (tembakan)
(simultaneous discharge)- non-stop shooting
These huge walls of cannon all around them are firing and
making a sound like thunder (petir)
Stormed at with shot and shell The soldiers were being ‘stormed at’ by gunfire.
The “shot” (bullets) and “shell” (big explosives fired from
cannon) are a violent, noisy, destructive force that reminds of
a storm.
Boldly they rode and well, The soldiers were not scared of the gunfire. The rode bravely
even though they will die.
This shows how heroic these men were.
Into the jaws of Death
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred
The Valley of Death becomes ‘jaws of Death’ and ‘mouth of
Hell’.
It was as if the soldiers were riding into the mouth of terrible
death and they could not escape from.
Jaws of deaths - the Death was waiting for them
Mouth of Hell – image of fear (takut). They will die terribly.
The repetition of six hundred in each stanza to give the idea
of large numbers of men involved.
STANZA 3