Bayonet charge

Question 1

Who is Ted Hughes

Answer 1

His father served in World War I and is inspired by Wilfred Owen

Question 2

What is the purpose of bayonet charge

Answer 2

Question the point of war and expose the true reality

Question 3

What perspective is the poem written in

Answer 3

Third person

Question 4

Why is the poem written in third person

Answer 4

Because Ted Hughes has second hand experience of war therefore uses similes to compare

Question 5

What rhyme scheme is used

Answer 5

An irregular rhyme scheme

Question 6

What’s the purpose of a irregular rhyme scheme

Answer 6

Reflects the struggle and panic of the soldier and unpredictability of war

Question 7

Analyse ‘bullets smacking the belly out of the air’

Answer 7

The personification creates an overwhelming atmosphere and the use of onomatopoeia creates an aggressive warlike sound

Question 8

Analyse ‘like a man who has jumped up in the dark and runs’

Answer 8

Question is why he is at war and the simile creates an image of irrational actions which links to war

Question 9

Analyse ‘statutory in mid - stride. Then the shots slashed furrows’

Answer 9

It shows the soldiers frozen in fear which suggests the cruel nature of war
Caesura enforces the actions of the soldier only momentarily because he has to return to the reality of war

Question 10

Compare with

Answer 10

Exposure

charge of the light Brigade