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Bayonet Charge & Charge of the Light Brigade - Coggle Diagram
Bayonet Charge
&
Charge of the Light Brigade
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Similarity
Theme of patriotism
Bayonet Charge
'patriotic tear'
juxtaposition
contrasts the
ideally heroic and glorified patriotism
with connotations of
pain and sadness
this implies that
his patriotism has caused him harm
- it has
brought him to war
and now is
leaving when he is most in need
reality of war
'king, honour, human dignity, etcetera dropped like luxuries'
the
list
of
patriotic values
are seen as
unimportant
in the
face of war
'etcetera'
create a
sense of fatigue towards the endless consequences of war
when faced with war
only survival is prioritised
and
patriotism is abandoned
- this shows it
was never necessary
Charge of the Light Brigade
anaphora
'Theirs not to reason why,'
'Theirs but to do and die'
this
highlights the soldier's obedience
which was the
most desirable trait
of a soldier in
Victorian England
the
anaphora
also
highlights the lack of individuality
of the soldiers which seems
a result of patriotism
rhetorical question
'When can their glory fade?'
alludes to the
poem being a piece of propaganda
which would make sense as it
was written for the government since he was poet laureate
implies their
sacrifice was noble and heroic
which
seems patriotic
arguably
Tennyson was not trying to promote patriotism but criticism the leaders who caused deaths whilst honouring the soldiers who were sacrificed
*'All the world wonder'd'
this is
ambiguous
could be
understood as devoting admiration
which seems to
glorify the warriors
however there is a
undertone of criticism
as
'wonder'd'
implies
doubt
which seems like a
subtle blame for the deaths
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Similarity
Allusions to other texts
Bayonet Charge
allusions to
Wilfred Owen's 'Spring Offensive'
*'raw in raw-seamed hot khaki'
repetition
of
'raw'
seems
clumsy
which makes it
stand out against the strength of the other vocabulary
this
mimics stuttering
which suggests the
soldier's anxiety and breakdown in rationality
mimics Owen's
'eased of pack-loads, were at ease'
it is
well know that Hughes was inspired by Owen's
poetry and
parallels
can be drawn between
'Bayonet Charge' and 'Spring Offensive'
Owens uses
'crawling'
while Hughes uses
'crawled'
Owen uses
'plunged and fell'
while Hughes uses
'plunged past'
the
obvious correlation
does however suggest it was
intentional
this could be seen as a
demonstration that the effects of war are so difficult to describe and understand that Hughes had to borrow ideas from someone else
Charge of the Light Brigade
allusions to the
Bible
'valley of Death'
Psalm 23
refers to being
unafraid of death
because of the
protection of love
could be a criticism
of how
higher ranked leaders should have protected the light brigade
but instead forces them into
tragic situations due to their low status
use of
Christian language
could be to
build support for the war
from the
majority Christian readers
by arguing
God protected the light brigade
so
many of them survived
noun
valley
creates imagery of entrapment which implies dark connotation
'Back from the mouth of Hell'
personification of Hell through the noun
mouth
implies there was
no escape when entered
and that the
valley had vicious intention to harm the soldiers
allusion to the story of the
Harrowing of Hell
where
Jesus goes to hell
to
retrieve the souls of those condemned
there in order to
bring their salvation
highlights the
soldiers sacrificing their own lives and freedoms
for that of
their country
, thereby painting them as
noble and heroic
allusion to the
story of the Roman soldier, Curtius
he
rode his horse into the mouth of hell
and was
killed sacrificially
thereby
saving Rome
argue that the
negligence of the higher-ups caused the deaths
and
condemns
them while
honouring the noble and heroic sacrifice of the men
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Difference
Rhythm & Rhyme
Bayonet Charge
Hughes employs a
chaotic structure
to
mirror the chaos and panic of war
enjambment
the
constant enjambment stops the reader from taking a break
which
quickens the pace
of the poem
this
matches the tense action
of the poem and
maintains the momentum of a bayonet charge
this
helps the reader to emphasise
with the
panic and fear
experienced by the soldier
caseura
fast pace
created by the
enjambment
in the
first stanza
starkly
contrasts the second stanza
the pace of the
second stanza
is much
slower
as it is
broken up with lots of caesura
here the
soldier stops to consider the philosophical meaning of war
the
pace is paused
as if
time has stopped
causing the
soldier and reader to stop and think
Hughes' frequent
use of both enjambment and caesura
makes the poem feel
disjointed and confusing
, making it consistent with the message that
the effects if war cannot be expressed fully
the structure specifically
highlights the question
'was he the hand pointing that second?'
which
forces the reader to consider
whether the soldier is
at war by choice or if he is a mechanical cog in a bigger machine
Charge of the Light Brigade
ballad form
the poem takes the
form of a ballad
which is a
historic poetry form
used to
commemorate a story for future generations
the poem
uses this form to memorialise the people who were killed
dactylic dimeter
a
long syllable
followed by
two short syllables
mirrors the
rhythm of a horse running into battle
the
unrelenting rhythm
implies that the
soldiers have no choice but to run into battle
as they are
blindly obeying orders
this meter could also be
considered satirical humour
as it is
often used as a light-hearted rhythm
this
supports the criticism of the government
rhyme scheme
the rhyme scheme is
irregular
there are
rhyming couplets between indented lines
these
couplets create a sense of inevitability
as their
ending is very predictable
chaos
is created by the
irregular rhyme scheme
especially evident in
stanza two
all
rhyming couplets
but the words
'knew'
and
'blunder'd'
stand out
in a
recording by Tennyson
himself he
deviates from the meter
here to put emphasis on
'knew'
draws
attention to the fact the soldiers knew someone had made a mistake
criticises the
fatal error of the government
whilst
honouring the sacrifice of the soldiers