Bayonet charge

• Who is the author of "Bayonet Charge"?

  Ted Hughes
• What is the main subject of the poem "Bayonet Charge"?

  A World War One soldier's experience
• When was Ted Hughes born?

  1930
• Why is the poem not based on Hughes's personal experience?

  He was born after World War One
• In the second stanza, what does the soldier begin to contemplate?

  What he is doing and why
• What realization does the soldier come to about war?

  He feels there's no point in war
• What tone does Hughes use in the final stanza?

  A mocking tone
• What does Hughes criticize through the poem?

  The patriotism of soldiers
• What do the noble virtues mentioned in the poem signify?

  They mean little in the face of war
• What literary device does Hughes employ to portray chaos in war?

  Enjambment
• What does the repetition of the word "raw" signify?

  Reflects the shock of the soldier
• What does the metaphor "touchy dynamite" suggest about the soldier?

  He has become a killing machine
• what method is this “ king honour human dignity exsetra / dropped like luxuries “why ?

  asyndetic list - the soilders may be realising the propaganda ( loss of patriotism)- lack of and shows how futile it is
• What does the adverb “suddenly ” do

  Sends the reader straight into the poem like the soilders would have been- mirrors there feelings