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— completed detailed plan for comparison of Poppies and Bayonet Charge

Introduction and point:

• How the poets Jane Weir and Ted Hughes present conflict and war
comparatively and similarly in Poppies and Bayonet Charge

• Both poets present conflict in different perspectives
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’ Focusing on one man during the war, with doubt and personal
pronouns of ‘his, he, him
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In the moment, thinking of things right then
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‘Released a song bird from its cage
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Third Paragraph, structure:

• Neurotic and fast-paced
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’ Verbs close together, with
enjambment and only four clear sentences
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This
represents what it’s like during war for the soldiers
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Stanzas are irregular
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Structure of
Poppies is strong and regular, however upon closer inspection there is
quick movement with caesuras breaking the pace, tense changes, and
neurotic ideas- similar to Bayonet Charge
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Fourth Paragraph, relations to home and others:

• Domesticity in Poppies is never mentioned in Bayonet Charge
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• Comparatively, Hughes only focuses on patriotism and cowardice amidst
death
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Juxtaposes
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Hughes shows contradiction with propaganda and

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reality with context of war and the force of the government to be about of
conflict, with lies that it will be beneficial: war is immediate
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As a parent, she wants what’s best for her child, yet we
never see it from his point of view
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Remembrance

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Parenting

4
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Mass loss and grief

• Bayonet Charge is similar to Poppies with the theme of powerlessness,
however from somebody else point of view
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He’s lost control, in the
eye of death, and can't do anything to change it
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