Question

What effect does the meter in “The Charge of the Light Brigade” have on the reader?

Answer 1

In poetry, the meter could be described as the rhythm of the accents for each verse. For example, in "The Charge of the Light Brigade" a poem written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, we can find a Dactyl Meter, that goes like this (the accented syllables are in bold):

When can their glory fade?

O the wild charge they made!

  All the world wondered.

Honour the charge they made!

Honour the Light Brigade,

  Noble six hundred!

The effect of this meter is to give it a moving forward marching effect

Answer 2

The answer for this question would be the third option. The effect that the meter in “The Charge of the Light Brigade” have on the reader is that, it gives it a moving forward marching effect. The Charge of the Light Brigade was written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Hope this answers your question.