Remains Flashcards
Who wrote the poem
Simon armitage
Form
No regular line length or rhyme scheme .
From third person we to first so the poem is more personal like a confession . In the final couplet both the lines are in the same metre , giving a feeling of guilt
Structure
Amusing anecdote but turns into a description of the man’s death . Volta on the fifth stanza where the soldiers tone thoughts and emotions are changed by his guilt
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Possibly armed possibly not - guilt
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It rips through his life - metaphor contrasts with the colloquial tone
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Tosses/ carted off in the back of the lorry
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His blood shadow stays on the street - foreshadows the memories that’s going to haunt him
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Some distant, sun stunned, sand smothered - the long line and the sibilenfr slows the pace and reflects the speakers lack of thought
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Hos bloody life in my bloody hands
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Broad daylight
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Torn apart
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The monosyllabic punchy Sleep dream imitates the loud violent sounds of bullets making him jolt up from bed
