bayonet charge

• " cold clockwork"

  • emotionless
  • not sure how he has ended up there
  • power of time
  • metaphorical
  • shows cold, calculated position
• "bayonet toward the green hedge"

  • juxtaposition of war to show nature=life vs war=death
  • going against instincts
• stanza 3 is agressive, not as calm and thoughts are verywhere. now running for his life
• stanza 2 pace slows like his thoughts
• "yellow hare"

  • metaphor for mustard gas