What is the technique at the start of bayonet charge
In media res
Why is the in media res significant
Shows how the writer believes that war is like a unnatural awakening
Suddenly he awoke
Suddenly he awake and was running raw in raw seamed hot khaki, his sweat heavy
What is the significance of awoke
Shows how the writer believes the soldier has woken up from his regular life - a dream
What is the significance of the long sentences
Gives the poem an almost breathlessness - mimicking the soldiers
The first stanza is 8 lines the second is 7 the third is 8, why is this significant?
Shows there is no proper pattern or rhythm mirroring the soldiers run
In what cold clockwork
In what cold clockwork of the stars and the nations was he the has pointing the second?
What is the cold clockwork of the stars
His cold fate that is defined by god and the “nations” is foolish
What is the importance of the metaphor ,”hand pointing the second”
Shows how insignificant he is as he is a second and shows how he is one of many seconds or deaths that happen
His terror
His terrors touchy dynamites
What does the dynamite mean
Shows people are still very affected by the terror of the war even years later- ptsd
What compares well
Exposure as they both explore the reality of war but exposure is a war with nothing whereas bayonet charge is full of action
