Bayonet charge

Question 1

who wrote bayonet charge

Answer 1

ted hughs

Question 2

suddenly he awoke and was running raw.

in raw seamed hot khaki his sweat heavy

Answer 2

repetition of raw suggests an animalistic lack of humanity
his sweat heavy suggests the physical impact of his the soldiers
suddenly thrusts the listener into the the action it opens MEDIA RES
so desperate for escape his sweat slows him down

Question 3

bullet smacking the belly out of the air he lugs a rifle numb as a smashed arm

Answer 3

metaphor creates a tense and violent atmosphere
comedy and relief he hasn’t been killed
assonance slows poem down

Question 4

in what cold clockwork of the stars and nations

Answer 4

death is unstoppable “clockwork” cannot stop it
patriotism in the fault for that fate
harsh alliteration helps emphasise mechanical imagery

Question 5

and crawled in a threshing circle its mouth wide

Answer 5

corn being cut it is a biblical reference to life in cut down war photographer has the same reference

Question 6

Threw up a yellow hare that rolled like a flame

Answer 6

fast movement but slow action
threw up represents the soldiers sickness
links to the iodom mad as a hare

Question 7

King honour human dignity etcetera drops luxuries 

Answer 7

these are the reasons to go to war

however Hughes is trying to display the fact that they are ridiculous life and living and more important