Bayonet Charge Flashcards
Quotes
‘Bullets smacking the belly out of the air’
Similar to kamikaze - Personification shows how nature is being destroyed by conflict
‘Patriotic tear’
The patriotism/indoctrination is slowly becoming painful and sombre
‘Sweating like molten iron from the centre of his chest’
Simile suggest that he is becoming similar to a robot of war
‘in what cold clockwork of the stars and the nations’
Similar to prologue of R&J which suggests that conflict was inevitable
‘Threw up a yellow hard that rolled like a flame’
Violent imagery of suffering demonstrates the extent of conflict
‘King, honour, human dignity’
Listing of what is ‘important’ - notice the sequencing of king before personal dignity
‘His terror’s touchy dynamite’
He has become a pillar of war- a machine of destruction.
