Bayonet Charge Flashcards
1
Q
Smacking
A
Bullets smacking the belly out of the air
(Violent imagery and onomatopoeia, deep description of the impact and sounds of the shots)
2
Q
Numb
A
A rifle as numb as a smashed arm
(Simile, suggests his weapon is useless in his situation, and foreshadowing his future injuries)
3
Q
Dynamite (important)
A
His terrors touchy dynamite
(Soldiers seem to have become the weapon rather than their rifles, he’s now purely driven by his terror)
4
Q
Awoke
A
Suddenly he awoke
(Fast start, throwing us into the action with him as it’s the first line of the poem, event seems like a nightmare)
