bayonet charge - ted Hughes Flashcards
what is bayonet charge about
ted Hughes wrote it about a ww1 soldier charging towards the enemy with a rifle and stopping to think is patriarchy worth it
what does this poem show
the undescribable horror of war that people at home don’t see.
how does the start of this poem compare to remains
they both start with suddenly, suggests that something has gone on before this moment leaving the reader confused
how does Hughes describe to chaos of war
use enjambment which changes between stanza. eg shot slated furrows threw up a yellow hare.
uses a range of similes to suggest war is so indescribable he has to describe it as something he knows eg “like a man” “like statuary mode stride “
what quotes suggest patriarchy is worthless in war
“the patriotic tear that brimmed in his eye”
suggests patriarchy is leaving him
“king honour human dignity excetera dropped like luxuries”
what quote shows us the soldier is scared
“sweating like molten iron”
“terrors touchy dynamite”
