Bayonet Charge - Ted Hughes

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GCSE English (Poetry) Mind Map on Bayonet Charge - Ted Hughes, created by Samira Choudhury on 27/04/2017.
Samira Choudhury
Mind Map by Samira Choudhury, updated more than 1 year ago
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Bayonet Charge - Ted Hughes
  1. 'Stumbling' - Adjective, desperate, panic, lack of control
    1. 'Green hedge' - Noun, repetition, metaphor, goal, safety, hope
      1. Free verse, no regular rhythm or rhyme - Unexpected, no structure to soldier's thoughts
        1. 'Smacking the belly out the air' - Personification, impact, violent, winded
          1. 'Running - raw' - Alliteration, danger, panic, sore legs
            1. 3 stanzas - Short, happens fast
              1. 'He lugged a rifle numb as a smashed arm' - Simile, unable to use, useless as a broken arm, weighted down, doesn't help
                1. ''Dazzled with rifle fire' - Bullets shining, blur to soldier
                  1. 'Patriotic tear that had brimmed in his eye' - Metaphor, love for country washing away
                    1. 'In raw-seamed hot khaki, his sweat heavy' - Repetition, uncomfortable, rough fabric rubbing, alliteration, 'h' hard breathing, out of breath
                      1. 'Suddenly' - Adverb, urgency, dropped in
                        1. Represents all soldiers
                          1. 'Sweating like molten iron' - Simile, hot sweat, fatigue
                            1. Internal conflict
                              1. '-' - Reflecting, thinking
                                1. 'Clockwork' - Adjective, trying to work out why he's here, how long has he been there?
                                  1. 'In bewilderment then he almost stopped' - Couldn't actually stop, why is he here?
                                    1. 'Statuary in mid-stride.' - Stopped, statue, full stop, pause
                                      1. 'Jumped up in the dark and runs' - Clueless, no clear direction, woke up in the dark, confused
                                        1. 'Was he the hand pointing that second?' - Rhetorical question, time stopped completely, just him in that second
                                          1. 'Shot-slashed' - Alliteration, harsh, speeds up
                                            1. 1st stanza - Action, 2nd stanza - Slows down, thinking, longer lines
                                              1. Influenced heavily by Wilfred Owen
                                                1. 'Yellow hare that rolled like a flame' - Simile, nature, other victims
                                                  1. 'Crawled in a threshing circle' - Verbs, desperate
                                                    1. 'King, honour, human, etcetera' - Rule of three, doesn't matter, no time to think
                                                      1. 'Its eyes standing out' - Fear, asking for help, it, not alive
                                                        1. 'Plunged past' - Alliteration
                                                          1. 'Dropped like luxuries' - All about survival, doesn't care
                                                            1. 'Alarm' - Noun, woken up
                                                              1. 'Blue crackling air' - Smoke, gun fire, sad
                                                                1. 'His terror's touchy dynamite' - Metaphor, explode at any minute
                                                                  1. WW1
                                                                    1. 'Bayonet' - Used as last resort
                                                                      1. Father was war Veteran
                                                                        1. 37 million war casualties
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