Bayonet Charge Flashcards
What structure
Irregular rhyme scheme
Cashew
Free verse
Enjambment
How is caesura used
Reflects how terrible and hard war is
Give reader time to procces this imagery
How is enjambment used
Overflowing sentences show tht the speaker is attemping to express too much emotion on a single line
What themes
Negative portrayal of war
Hughes depicts the chaotic and unpredicatable nature of war jock intensifies though focusing on the thoughts and feelings of the individual in the poem
Also challenges patriotic ideals
Quote 1 and what
Suddenly he awoke and was running
In media res
Creates a sence of urgency and highlights the chaos of war
Quote 2 and what
The patriotic tear that brimmed his eye
The solders patriotic ideals are useless now he is faced with the reality of war
