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