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Compare how poets present idears about power in bayonet charge and in one…
Compare how poets present idears about power in bayonet charge and in one other poem from power and conflict?
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bayonet charge
summary
Bayonet Charge focuses on a nameless soldier in the First World War (1914-18). It describes the
experience of 'going over-the-top'.
This was when soldiers hiding in trenches were ordered to 'fix
bayonets' (attach the long knives to the end of their rifles).
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The aim was to capture the enemy trench. The
poem describes how this process transforms a solider from a living thinking person into a dangerous weapon of war.
key words
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Threshing (verb) to beat out (grain) from its husk, as
with a flail.
Luxuries (noun): something that is not essential but is
expensive, desirable or valuable and provides comfort
context
Ted Hughes (1930-1998) was born in Yorkshire, in the North of England, and grew up in the
countryside.
After serving in the RAF for two years, he won a scholarship to Cambridge University
where he studied Archaeology and Anthropology.
The themes of the countryside, human history and
mythology therefore already deeply influenced his imagination
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He made his name as a poet in the late 1950s and 1960s and also wrote many well-known children's
books including The Iron Man (which was filmed as the Iron Giant).
It is for his poetry that he
remains important. He was poet laureate from 1984 until his death from cancer in 1998.