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bayonet charge (further revelation ("a yellow hare that rolled like a…
bayonet charge
further revelation
"a yellow hare that rolled like a flame and crawled in a threshing circle, its mouth wide open silence, its eyes standing out"
circle, idea of not going anywhere, pointlessness
patriotism doesn't matter on a battlefield, animalistic nature takes over
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he is frozen "foot hung like statuary mid stride", hare is arching in pain, juxtaposition, neither have power over their bodies
sense of urgency, lack of direction
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imperfect, was he in a trance? asleep while running? ran as soon as he woke? oddness
regardless contrasts with the idea of intent purpose
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patriotism wearing out
"lugged rifle numb as a smashed arm;
the patriotic tear that had brimmed in his eye
sweating like molten iron from the centre of his chest"
past tense, waning, patriotism handicaps him, power makes him weaker
conditioned into a machine by his sense of duty, heart replaced with metal, not seen as humans
like a circulation driven by fear of a bullet, not the heart
revelation
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stuck in the machine, going in circles, 3 hands move alone, work separately, second hand works the hardest but means the least
stars and nations both feel so distant, cold, what is he fighting for
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physicality
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no sound, shell shock
or just for emphasis on visuals
Ted Hughes
1930-1998
based of experience of father in the war
wrote a lot about animals, makes soldiers seem detached from humans
bayonets used when close combat is definite, melee style of fighting
attacking, part of the charge but seems terrified, feels like an attempted escape
narrative voice
focalised 3rd person, ambiguity, could be anyone
abandon
"King, honour, human dignity, etcetera
dropped like luxuries"
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