Poppies

Question 1

‘Blackthorns of your hair’

Answer 1

metaphor, reference to short hair they have in the military

Question 2

‘Flattened, rolled, turned in to felt’

Answer 2

rule of three, reflects the way the mother is tounge tied

Question 3

‘I went into your bedroom, releases a songbird from its cage’

Answer 3

may be referring to her grieving, metaphor, beautifully caged creature and needs to be freed

Question 4

‘On reaching the top of the hill I traced,’

Answer 4

physical senses, implies intimacy, and connotes tactile hypersensitivity and jumbled/confused emotions

Question 5

‘Ornamental stitch. I listened hoping to hear’

Answer 5

caesura breaks down the verses, implies choking/holding back the tears