bayonet charge ted hughs

• 'suddenly he awoke' starts in media res
• 'bullets smacking the bellys out of the air'
• 'was he the hand pointing at that second?


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• 'stumbling across'
• 'king honour human dignity ectara'
• 'raw/ raw in seamed hot khaki'
• 'yellow hare'
• first world war
• 'terrors touchy dynamite' last line metaphor that describes the soldiers desperation to escape the battle field . this makes him as an explosive device controlled by fear ready to explode, and as its the last line implies hes loosing control of his emotions.