bayonet charge

• what is the writers message?

  Hughes highlights the manipulative nature of propaganda.
• what is Hughes trying to teach us from the poem bayonet charge?

  the realities of war and exploring the futility of war.
• what type of start to the poem does the poem have?

  dramatic and abrupt start- in the middle of action (IN MEDIA RES)
• what is the structure in bayonet charge ?


  free verse
• What does assonance mean?


  When a word sounds slow when said
• What does Homophone mean?


  a word that sounds like a sound
• what is an iambic rhythm ?


  The second syllable is emphasised
• what is trochaic rhythm ?


  First syllable is accentuated
• what does caesura mean?


  A pause between a line of poetry