Bayonet charge quotes, form and structure

Question 1

_____ he _____ and was running- _____

in _____-_____ hot _____, his sweat _____

Answer 1

Suddenly he awoke and was running- raw

in raw-seamed hot khaki, his sweat heavy

Question 2

Threw up a _____ _____ that rolled like a _____

And _____ in a _____ circle, it’s _____ _____

Answer 2

Threw up a yellow hare that rolled like a flame

And crawled in a threshing circle, it’s mouth wide

Question 3

His t_____’s t_____ ______

Answer 3

His terror’s touchy dynamite

Question 4

Structure

Answer 4

The poem starts mid-action which helps us to feel like the soldier- thrust chaotically into the middle of the action.
Caesura and enjambment also echo the chaotic nature of war so that the reader can ‘feel’ them.
Repetition of ‘raw’ - relates to not being able to understand the true horrors of war- references a poem by Wilfred Owen as it is impossible to express in his own words.