Bayonet charge

• themes

  conflict - endless battle loss of humanity

  indescribable horror of war
• quote 1 suddenly he awoke 


  unpredictability of conflict - adverb suddenly evokes a sense of frantic pain as we wonder what is occurring
• quote 2 bullets smacking the belly out the air

  personifcation gives the bullets evil traits as its affecting the air aswell as the soldiers

  violent verb smacking emphasises the cruelty of artillery and its disregard for nature hectic explosion reinforced by the plosives
• quote3 the patriotic tear.. sweating like a molten iron from the centre of his chest 


  originally his patriotism in the form of a tear which has connotations of emotion suggesting he was passionate about war and it being the right thing for him - down to propaganda

  held in his heart as in centre of the chest dep]ep rooted into him by others

  once he realises his patriotism is purged from his body as he becomes illusioned about war

  molten iron connotes pain showing it was a suffering process everlasting effects of war are present - iron weighed him down making it harder to fight
• quote 3 king honour human dignity ecetera dropped like luxuries 


  offers the reader the true impact of war - gradual loss of humanity - speaker loses basic human rights a dangerous position for a soldier - highlights detrimental impacts

  asyndetic list makes each purpose become less significant establishing a dissmisive tone and highlighting the distance the speaker creates between himself and his purpose
• quote 4 yellow hare that rolled like a flame

  the verbs resemble slowness and calm actions which highlights its uncapability of even nature ti process the effects of war

  metaphor and adjective yellow resembles fear and cowardness and reinforcing the dehumanising effects of war

  lexis circle resembles a never ending cycle in war
• quote 5 terrors touchy dynamite 


  adjective terror could resemble that of a irational act due to the fear of war but alternatively could resemble the feelings of terror after the war - hughes father a fighter in ww1 could be a recreation of his story

  metaphor for being blown apart highlighting impact and death of humanity and nature