Bayonet Charge

Question 1

Themes in bayonet charge?

Answer 1

• effects of conflict
• fear
• reality of conflict

Question 2

Who wrote bayonet charge?

Answer 2

Ted Hughes

Question 3

Quotes to show the reality of conflict ?

Answer 3

‘His sweat heavy , stumbling across a field’

‘Bullets smacking the belly out of air’

‘King , honour, human dignity etcectera dropped like luxures in a yelling alarm’ shows how little they mean

‘His terrors touchy dynamite

Question 4

Quotes that show fear ?

Answer 4

‘Statutory in mid stride ‘ questioning

‘Yellow hare’

‘Blue crackling air

Question 5

Quotes to show the effects of warfare?

Answer 5

’ patriotic tear’

’ sweating like a molten iron’

‘His terrors touchy dynamite ‘

Question 6

Structure in bayonet charge ?

Answer 6

• more like a weapon then a man (nameless) man is used more like a weapon, destroying the world
• constant verbs show the charge as frantic
• enjambment gives the sense of constant movement
• juxtaposition between war and nature , how nature is effected by war
• distance between the poet and the reader, it is written in 3rd person and the soldier is unnamed