REMIANS AND POPPIES

Question 1

What is similar on structure in these poems (remains and poppies)

Answer 1

Irregular rhyme scheme

Question 2

what does the irregular rhyme scheme tell us

remains and poppies

Answer 2

poppies: shows that the mother is slowly breaking down which can also connotate the revealing of the true affection of war

Remains: loss of self-control and lost control of self-conscience. gives the PTSD the chance to flow into his brain taking over his own control

Question 3

what is similar on language (remains and poppies)

Answer 3

recalling / repeating something

Question 4

what do poppies recall? and what does it connotate

Answer 4

‘song bird’ ‘single dove, it tells us that she is recalling about her on and the memories with him. calling him a bird which is a metaphor

Question 5

what does remains repeat

Answer 5

‘possibly armed possibly not’, connotates that its almost like we are part of the soldiers had recieving this message over and over again almost like we also have ptsd

Question 6

recall the quote that suggests that his memory is fully embedded in his brain (remains)

Answer 6

‘dug behind enemy lines’

Question 7

what does spasms of paper red represent and sellotaped bandaged mean

Answer 7

both of these quotes easily show that the mother is emotionally wounded from the death of her son. this can also connotate how her son was killed possibly

his death is seen as slow and painful as he was ‘sellotaped bandaged’ and cover in blood with the connotation of ‘red’