Bayonet charge Flashcards
(10 cards)
1
Q
- unnatural, subversion of natural imagery with human violence
- enjambment creates a rushed tone
- disorientation, liminal space between sleep and awareness
A
stumbling across a field of clods toward a green hedge / that dazzled with rifle fire
2
Q
- criticism of patriotism
- juxtaposition: strong vs emotional
- blinded by false expectations : unclear vision. past tense, he no longer believes this.
A
the patriotic tear that had brimmed in his eye
3
Q
- violence has warped self perception
- violence is a burden
A
he lugged a rifle numb as a smashed arm
4
Q
-In media res
-opening line
- abrupt
- liminal space: awake and asleep
A
suddenly he awoke
5
Q
- psychological weight
A
his sweat heavy
6
Q
- exploited soldiers
- used as a tool to fight a war
- chremamorphism, disposable, replaceable, inanimate
- consonance and alliteration
A
in what cold clockwork of the stars and the nations / was he the hand pointing at that second
7
Q
- colour imagery
- infantile imagery
- enjambment
- possibly zoomorphism
A
threw up a yellow hare that rolled like a flame / and crawled in a threshing circle
8
Q
form and structure
A
- appears to be regular stanzas but is not
- tries to conform to the rigidity of war but is crumbling
9
Q
- he has become a weapon of war
A
his terror’s touchy dynamite
10
Q
context
A
- grew up in post-war era
- his father was emotionally traumatised in ww1
