BAYONET CHARGE

• bayonet charge is written by Ted Hughes
• ‘suddenly he awoke and was running - raw in raw seamed hot khaki’


  ADVERB (suddenly)

  • in media res (middle of action)

  ADJECTIVE AND REPETITION (raw)

  • hypersensitive
  • raw from uniform
• ’then the shot slashes furrows threw up a yellow hare that rolled like a flame’


  SIBILANCE (’s’ sound)

  SIMILIE (like a flame)

  • emphasises violence of war
  • destruction of nature

  METAPHOR (threw up a yellow hare)

  • surreal becomes normal
  • normal becomes surreal
• ‘king, honour, human dignity etcetera dropped like luxuries‘


  ASYNDETIC LIST

  SIMILIE (like luxuries)

  • list of reasons for fighting have disappeared
• bayonet charge is a second hand experience
• bayonet charge shows how the government has failed soldiers
• bayonet charge links to exposure