BAYONNET CHARGE

Question 1

WHAT IS THE MESSAGE IN BAYONNET CHARGE?

Answer 1

highlight the brutality of trench warfare as a tribute to his father’s suffering as well as a way to memorialize war as a warning for future generations.

Question 1

WHAT IS THE MOOD IN BAYONNET CHARGE?

Answer 1

FEAR AND PANIC

Question 2

WHAT IS THE FORM OF BAYONNET CHARGE?

Answer 2

a three stanza structure in order to describe the soldier’s charge. The soldier’s movements and thoughts over a short space of time are described. Third person is used in order to present the soldier as a universal figure who could represent any young soldier.

Question 3

WHAT ARE 4 QUOTES FROM BAYONET CHARGE?

Answer 3

THE PATRIOTIC TEAR THAT BRIMMED IN HIS EYE
SWEATING LIKE MOLTEN IRON FROM THE CENTRE OF HIS CHEST
HIS TERRORS TOUCHY DYNAMITE

Question 4

THE PATRIOTIC TEAR THAT BRIMMED IN HIS EYE

Answer 4

to show how his feelings of and belief in patriotism have been changed into fear due to the horrendous reality of war.
CHANGE OF HEART
SCARED FOR HIS LIFE
IS IT WORTH IT?

Question 5

SWEATING LIKE MOLTEN IRON FROM THE CENTRE OF HIS CHEST

Answer 5

shows how much effort and strategy it takes to be a solider in war. It also shows that the soldiers are tired.

Question 6

HIS TERRORS TOUCHY DYNAMITE

Answer 6

the solider is about to lose control of his emotions. His fear seems to have become a weapon; he is driven by his ‘terror’, and this is what is driving him towards the enemy.

This metaphor makes the soldier into something explosive – he is now “dynamite” itself. But personification makes this dynamite owned by “terror” – the soldier is owned by terror and he is ready to explode he is so scared.

Question 7

SUDDENLY HE AWOKE AND WAS RUNNING - RAW

Answer 7

This is a startling opening, immediately giving the feeling of action and danger.
UNPREPARED
PANIC AND SHOCK
HE - REPRESENTS MILLIONS OF YOUNG MEN
NAMELESS SOLDIERS AND LOSS OF IDENTITY

Question 8

RUNNING

Answer 8

PANIC
EXHAUSTION
RELENTLESSNESS
WANTING TO ESCAPE
RUN FROM HIS FATE

Question 9

RAW

Answer 9

LACK OF EXPERIENCE
PAIN HE FEELS LIKE A RAW WOUND
IMAGERY OF FIRE SYMBOLISES HOW HES BEING COOKED AND IS NO LONGER RAW AND INNOCENT

Question 10

WHAT TYPES OF POWER ARE BEING SHOWN IN BAYONET CHARGE?

Answer 10

POWER OF CONFLICT
MEN IN POWER/AUTHORITY