Power and Conflict - Bayonet Charge (Hughes)

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In the quote "cold clockwork" what device is used?
metaphor
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In the quote "cold clockwork...stars...nations" what device is used?
imagery
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Here we can see the speaker questioning what?
the soldiers role in war
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A clock has connotations of being what?
mechanical
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This may suggest that the little cogs in a clock are what?
the man/humanity
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We can see here how the soldier understands what?
that there are bigger things e.g. fate
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Here we may view the soldiers as victims of?
victims of war
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And that they are?
powerless
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We can also see how they have a lack of?
(2)
choice and control
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We can see the soldiers ________ with leadership?
indignation
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They have a sense of?
frustration
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Since they are being?
controlled by others
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Here we can see these men turn ?
"cold" like clockwork
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With war transforming them into?
(2)
uncaring
capable of killing
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"stars" might be in relation to?
destiny
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And whether these men hold onto?
their own futures
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or if its in the?
hands of others
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Since they are?
manipulated
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By?
larger forces and governments
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To do what?
kill and ask no questions
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In the quote "King,honour,human dignity etcetera" what device is used?
listing
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This list is all of the?
reasons why men went to war
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But the "etcetera" emphasises that they now have?
no meaning
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Here we can see patriotism replaced with?
fear
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These ideals are?
meaningless
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And have to be?
abandoned
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In the brutality of?
war
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These_____ meaningless concepts?
hollow
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Are against the brutal?
reality of war
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This poem is a part of the?
literary canon
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This poem exposes the?
reality of war
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And how war is a waste of?
human life
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What is the form of this poem?
free verse
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This highlights the?
chaotic nature of war
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It may also reflect how a soldiers life has?
no structure
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And that the soldier has no?
control
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In the quote "cold clockwork...stars...nations" what device is used?

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Here we can see the speaker questioning what?

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A clock has connotations of being what?

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This may suggest that the little cogs in a clock are what?

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