BC quotes

• ”Sweating like molten iron”

  1. So scared starting to sweat - nervous
  2. Nervous because he could die while charging
  3. Metaphor - exaggeration of sweating. So scared and worried
  4. Molten - adjective - describes the sweat that running down body
  5. Author want us to know feeling before charging at enemies
• ”King, honour, human dignity, etcetera dropped like luxuries”

  1. Why they were fighting for the king, no honour for war
  2. Not fighting for honour but to stay alive
  3. Device - list to show empathy and to make more sad
  4. Dropped - Verb mean for fighting changed
  5. List to make more sad
  6. Writer want audience to know what they were feeling
• “His terrors touchy dynamite”

  1. Overwhelmed and scared he might explode
  2. Going to mentally explode under pressure
  3. Alliteration and metaphor - terror is going to explode and is unstable
  4. Touchy - adjective unstable about to happen and show his terror
  5. Done this to show soldiers feelings and can mess with emotions
• Quotes to do with running

  “Suddenly he awoke and was running “
• Quotes to do with guns

  “That dazzled with rifle fire”
• ”The the shot-slashed furrows/Threw up a yellow hare that rolled like a flame”

  • Enjambment
  • Creates effect on reader - chaotic situation just like the solider
• “Statuary in mid-stride. Then the shot-slashed furrows”

  • Caesura
  • Forces reader to stop and think - just like the soldier does