Bayonet charge Flashcards
(7 cards)
What is the overall message of bayonet charge?
A powerful critique of the dehumanising effects of war and a reminder of the toll that conflict takes on those who are caught up in it
“____ he woke and was running”
“Suddenly he woke and was running’
“___ in ___ seamed hot khaki, his ___ ____”
“Raw in raw seamed khaki his sweat heavy”
and his ____ hung like ____ in mid-____”
“and his foot hung like
Statutory in mid-stride”
“___, honour, human ____ etcetera dropped like luxuries”
“king, honour, human dignity etcetera dropped like luxuries”
“his terror’s touchy ____”
“his terrors touchy dynamite”
“the _____ tear that had ____ in his eye, sweating like _____ iron from the ___ of his chest”
“the patriotic tear had brimmed in his eye, sweating like molten iron from the centre of his chest”
