Bayonet Charge

Question 1

Who wrote Bayonet Charge ?

Answer 1

Ted Hughes

Question 2

What is the context in Bayonet Charge?

Answer 2

During World War I, soldiers were equipped with bayonets that were attached to the end of their rifles.

Question 3

What is the plot in Bayonet Charge?

Answer 3

• in media res with a man running towards a hedge.
  -struggling to run across the field
• why and how he has found himself in this situation.
  -watch a yellow hare that is thrown up
• reminds him how transient life is and is symbolic of his perilous situation.

Question 4

What is the main structure in Bayonet Charge ?

Answer 4

Three Stanzas

Question 5

What are the themes in Bayonet Charge?

Answer 5

• Power of humans
• Power of nature
• War
• Death

Question 6

What are the tones in Bayonet Charge?

Answer 6

Patriotic
Fear
Disillusionment
Cynicism

Question 7

What structural techniques have been used in Bayonet Charge?

Answer 7

-Blank verse
-Enjambment
-Caesura
-Varied line length

Question 8

How is alliteration used in Bayonet Charge?

Answer 8

“running-raw” - Hard work of heavy breathing

Question 9

How is personification used in Bayonet Charge?

Answer 9

“Bullets smacking the belly out of air” - blurs humans and machinery

Question 10

How is imagery used in Bayonet Charge ?

Answer 10

” threw up a yellow hare that rolled like a flame” - like a soldier in flight or fight