Bayonet Charge

• What quote uses alliteration of plosive sounds to show that a harsh fate is governing him?

  'in what cold clockwork of stars'
• What quote likens him to something mechanical and inhuman?

  'the patriotic tear that had brimmed in his eye.../

  Sweating like molten iron from the centre of his chest'
• What quote uses past tense to show his loyalty for his country has been replaced by a primitive need for survival?

  'the patriotic tear that had brimmed in the corner of his eye.../ Sweating like molten iron from the centre of his chest'
• What quote shows that his innermost organs and workings have been affected by war, and it is impossible for any part of him to remain the way he was?

  'the patriotic tear that had brimmed in his eye.../ Sweating like molten iron from the centre of his chest'
• What quote indicates his lack of control when he is caught up in the chaos of war?

  'stumbling across a field of clods towards a green hedge/

  That dazzled with rifle fire'
• What quote uses juxtaposition of a verb usually used to describe something good, as actually describing the brutality and injury caused by war?

  'stumbling across a field of clods towards a green hedge/ That dazzled with rifle fire'
• How does the poem begin, and what does this signify?

  In media Res - creates a sense of urgency and chaos

  'suddenly he awoke and was running'
• What quote uses onomatopoeia to describe the sound and impact of shots during the battle?

  'bullets smacking the belly out of the air'
• What quote uses informal, childish language to show how the soldier doesn't have time to be coherent and cannot process his situation in an adult way?

  'bullets smacking the belly out of the air'
• What quote shows the soldiers physical exhaustion using a similie?

  'he lugged a rifle numb as a smashed arm'
• What quote forebodes the injuries the soldier may later get?

  'he lugged a rifle numb as a smashed arm'
• What quote indicates the soldier's boredom at war and how things he used to prioritise are now futile when he is faced with the likelihood of death?

  'King, honour, human dignity, etcetera'
• What quote uses a simile indicative of carelessness to display how the soldier is reduced to a basic, primitive level where he is fighting for survival, not morals or principles?

  'King, honour, human dignity, etcetera. Dropped like luxuries'
• What quote uses caesura to show how the soldier has to end his period of thought as he is forced back to reality?

  'statuary in mid-stride. Then shot-slashed furrows'
• What quote could either be discussing the field the battle is in or people's faces, using gruesome imagery?

  'statuary in mid-stride. Then shot-slashed furrows'