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Ted Hughes’ Bayonet Charge Analysis (Video)

April 24, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

I’ve already made a short video about Ted Hughes’ poem ‘Bayonet Charge’, but decided to do more of an off-the-cuff straight analysis of the poem.

We’re reading ‘Bayonet Charge’ together, then we dive into a 47-minute line-by-line analysis.

Let me know if you find this kind of analysis useful, interesting, or insightful in any way.

And if you fancy something more theatrical, here’s the 8-minute version:

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