Bayonet Charge
- Created by: pinkbeer
- Created on: 26-07-19 13:39
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- Bayonet Charge
- Personification "That dazzled with riffle fire, hearing bullets smocking the belly out of the air"
- 'dazzled' suggests he is overwhelmed by the gunfire and is unable to comprehend the situation
- harsh words connate impactful actions and being winded
- shows the furiosity of the weapon
- It's confusing/ brainwashing him with 'dazzled' with riffle fire
- Shows the weapon is part of the soldier
- The bullets are damaging the earth
- He doesn't know which direction he should be going in
- He is unprepared to fight
- Gives the impression that he is vulnerable as he is being shot at and he can't shoot back
- The soldier is in the centre of the belly of war and is trapped
- Smacking the belly shows the bullets are constant that increase his pain
- Listing "King, honour, human dignity, etcetera. Dropped liked luxuries in a yelling alarm
- The listing is used for sarcasm to show that why he enrolled has gone out the window
- He joined up under false pretenscess
- His values are now useless
- He feels cheated because he has no honour in this war
- The list adds to the sarcasim
- Human dignity is no longer important. The soldiers don't feel valued/ they have no purpose anymore
- 'etcetera'- sounds careless- no one cares whether they live or die
- 'Alarm'- the noise only stops when they're dead.
- Differentiates between the silent waiting and sudden action
- 'Alarm'- features in their nightmares too.
- Metaphor "In what cold clockwork of the stars and the nations was he the hand pointing that second"
- They don't have any control they have to work to the commands supposed to work like clockwork so supposed to act like a machine
- Act without remorse
- Like weapons themselves
- Clockwork counting down time shows that they are counting down the deaths
- Clocks runoff battery eventually it will die like the soldiers
- Stars and nations reference to America also makes the soldiers patriotic
- He is actually being critical of the government as they are making the wrong decision
- Stars represent freedom but they are being forced into it and only way out is death or surrender
- Metaphor "His terror's touchy dynamite"
- He is a ticking time bomb.
- He is a weapon and very deadly
- TT alliteration reminds you as if a bomb is ticking or a stutter of a scared person
- His death could bee explosive/ sudden
- He has no control over his actions/ emotions- severe, stress
- His end/ the conclusion of the war is uncertain-tension remains even after the final line
- 'Terror'- his feelings are more extreme now, as the war has progressed
- Personification "That dazzled with riffle fire, hearing bullets smocking the belly out of the air"
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