Bayonet Charge, Ted Hughes Quotes

Question 1

What quote uses personification to bring life to the inanimate to imply how all logic in the soldier’s world has dismantled?

Answer 1

“Bullets smacking the belly out of the air” Stanza 1

Question 2

What quote uses sibilance to create a slow-motion effect to contrast with the fast-paced battlefield?

Answer 2

“Then the shot-slashed furrows” Stanza 2

Question 3

What quote uses syndetic listing to criticise how war propaganda takes over soldiers’ lives?

Answer 3

“King, honour, human dignity, etcetera” Stanza 3

Question 4

What quote after “King, honour, human dignity, etcetera” dismisses propaganda in the soldier’s life or death situation?

Answer 4

“Dropped like luxuries” Stanza 3