Bayonet Charge: Ted Hughes 1957 Flashcards
1
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Context
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- about WW1, Hughes did not experience it
- Hughes’ father served in WW1
2
Q
Form & structure
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- In media res: reader is confused as to what happened before that, reflects soldier’s confusion
- Enjambent: reflects soldier’s struggles of making sense of what’s happening
- Caesuras: makes reader stop and think
3
Q
‘Bullets smacking the belly out of the air’
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- Metaphor/personification: air symbolizes nature and the effects of war on it
- or the pain
4
Q
‘cold clockwork’
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-Metaphor: soldier is part of a machine of many parts that nobody cares about
5
Q
‘His terror’s touchy dynamite.’
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- Metaphor/personification: despite his fear and objection, soldier becomes a killing machine
6
Q
3 quotes
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‘Bullets smacking the belly out of the air’
‘cold clockwork’
‘His terror’s touchy dynamite.’
