Bayonet Charge

Cards (10)

  • 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