Bayonet Charge

• Bullets smacking the belly out of the air- He lugged a rifle numb as a smashed arm
• Suddenly he awoke and was running raw- in raw hot seamed khaki, his sweat heavy
• In what cold clockwork of stars and the nations was he the hand pointing that second
• Threw up a yellow hare that rolled like a flame and crawled in a threshing circle, its mouth wide
• king, honour, human dignity, etcetera dropped like luxuries ... his terror's touchy dynamite
• Suddenly he awoke and was running raw in raw hot seamed khaki, his sweat heavy

  Repetition + enjambment- emotional and physical pain

  Breathlessness mimicked through long sentence

  Protect are attacking him

  Sweat heavy- desperation to live
• Bullets smacking the belly out of the air- he lugged a rifle numb as a smashed arm

  Comical imagery- relief of being alive

  Simile- foreshadow injuries

  Numb- supress fear

  Verbs slow down pace, desperation

  Trochaic metre- unsettles reader
• In what cold clockwork of stars and the nations was he the hand pointing that second

  Moment of clarity- human life too disposable

  Fate- God does not care

  Metaphor- uselessness of war, every second someone dies

  Hand pointing- Lord Kitchener
• Threw up a yellow hare that rolled like a flame

  Slow verbs- hare symbol for soldier, how fast he is moving vs how fast he actually needs to move

  Flame- fear

  Yellow- happy colour juxtaposed, looking for happiness despite siituation
• King, honour, dignity, etcetera, dropped like luxuries ... his terror's touchy dynamite

  Dismissive- artificial social constructs, justify war

  Touchy dynamite- ow terror might kill him due to irrational act

  Touchy- sensitive to war that happened years ago