Beyonet charge Flashcards
Who wrote beyonet charge
Ted Hughes
when was it written
1957
What is the effect of verbs and give example
verbs give a sense of frantic movement and lack of control within the poem,
eg- running, stumbling, crawled
what is the opening line
suddenly he awoke and he was running- raw
whats the effect of enjambment and where is it
he was running
like a man who has jumped up in the dark
follows the movement and continuous running the solider does.
Makes the reader short of breath due to lack of punctuation which is parallelism to the action of the running solider
what effect does the word “raw” have
raw has a double meaning
raw meat- imagery of raw meat, flesh and death
raw feeling- a strong emotion or feeling
what 3 words link to body imagery
sweat
belly
tear
what effect does accumulation have
emphasises the irrelevance of patriotism in war
what semantic fields are juxtaposed
war and nature are juxtaposed, showing the impact of war on the land
what person is it in
3rd person and anonymity makes the narrative universal
finish the quotation “he plunged past…..
“he plunged past with his bayonet toward the green hedge”
green represents safety- running to find safety
whats the last line
“His terrors touchy dynamite”
despite his objections, the solider has become a killing machine
Give some context of the poems
The solider is shown as more of a weapon than a man, reflecting the deaths in ww1 where hughes father was a veteran.
Hughes poems often examine mans impact on nature
analyse the quotation “kind, honour, human dignity, etcetera
etcetera
read this as a harsh critique of war and patriotism
