Bayonet charge

Bayonet charge

1. Link to conflict

   • The conflict involved in rushing out of the trenches to attack against staying safe in the trenches

2. Link to power

   • The powerful and raw emotions involved in rushing out from the trenches.

3. structure

   • Enjambment adds to the chaos of the battlefield as the soldiers charge mindlessly to their deaths- without stopping.

4. Key quotes

   • "suddenly he awoke and was running"
     • inmedias-ray- starts in the middle- it is the only thing that matters. He was forced to do something which he didn't want to do.
   • "He lugged a riffle numb as a smashed arm"
   • "The patriotic tear....sweating like molten iron"
     • "patriotic tear" - war imagery. loyal to his country "sweating like molten rock"
   • "A yellow hare that rolled like a flame"
     • natural imagery - simile = defenceless
     • Mimics soldiers actions
   • "His terror's touchy dynamite"
     • onomataphia - sound imagery. "T" shows that the dynamite is going to explode

5. Context

   • This poem looks at the dehumanising impact of leaving the trenches into no-man's-land.
   • Hughes's father was deeply affectedly WW1 so therefore he decided to write about it
   • He was poet Laurette in 1984-death