Bayonet charge Flashcards
Who wrote Bayonet Charge?
Ted hughes
What did Hughes’s father serve in?
WW1
What cluster did Bayonet Charge come from?
The hawk in the rain
What is the main theme of the poem?
The indescribable horrors of war
What does the poem begin with?
“Suddenly he awoke.”
What does the opening of the poem suggest?
That something has gone before this moment.
How does the opening of the poem make us feel?
Confused as we feel shocked and unaware of the context surrounding context that helps us relate to him.
What does the enjambment throughout the poem suggest?
A lack of control, reflecting the extreme chaos and unpredictability of war.
What does the repetition of “raw” suggest in the first 2 lines?
-It shows his difficulty to express the moment, reflecting the shock the soldier has waking up into this charge. War is so horrific that the soldier is unable to express the moment, causing him to repeat himself.
What does the difficulty of getting through the complex poem reflect?
The difficulty for the soldier to make it through the mud quickly, reflecting how we find it difficult to make it through the complex structure and language, allowing us to connect more to what the soldier is experiencing
“Rolled…”
“Rolled like a flame”
What do the countless similes in the poem suggest?
A Hughes cannot directly explain meanings, and instead he has to liken it to something, it emphasizes the theme of the indescribable horrors of war.
What does the personification of “bullets smacking the belly out of the air” suggest about nature?
Nature is just as much of a victim of war.
What creature does Hughes reference in the final verse?
A “Yellow hare”
What does “yellow hare” suggest?
Just like the air, animals are strongly affected by the horrors of war.