Bayonet Charge Flashcards

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Who wrote Bayonet Charge

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Ted Hughes

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Ted Hughes - context

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British poet
His poems are based on his father’s stories

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Bayonet charge quotations

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‘Suddenly he awoke’ → flung into the action, sense of clarity / realisation

‘patriotic tear’ → feelings of pride

‘in what cold clockwork of the stars and nations was he the hand pointing that second’ → questioning fate (cold suggests unforgiving / cruel)
Comparison between man and mechanical, he looks like clockwork holding his bayonet

‘A yellow hare that rolled like flame’ - pain and suffering, impact of ear on nature
Yellow suggests his thoughts are cowardly

‘King, honour’ ‘droped like luxuries → contrasts patriotic tear, these feelings are unimportant, only survival matters

‘Terrors touchy dynamite’ → fear, jumpiness

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Bayonet charge structure

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Stanza 1 - Intense + fast paced
Stanza 2 - slows down + tone of reflection
Stanza 3 - Pace returns, and there is horror

This is done to show the violence of war

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Bayonet Charge summary

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A soldier is going ‘over the top’ through a field.
We get a sense of the soldiers thoughts, which turn from honour to terror as he is shocked by his experience

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Tone sin Bayonet Charge

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Fear
Reflection
Pain
Horrir
Powerlessness

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