Remains

Question 1

Context

Answer 1

Following the documentary about the iraq war

Question 2

Repetition

Answer 2

‘Somebody else and somebody else’ - he is shifting blame among more people

Question 3

Enjambment

Answer 3

Gives a fast paced tone and emphasises how the events were like a blur

Question 4

Repetition of the start

Answer 4

‘Possibly armed,possibly not’ is repeated. Creates a cyclical structure where the trauma is inescapable and ever returning

Question 5

‘Dug in behind enemy lines’

Answer 5

The trauma remains metaphorically

It is inescapable

Question 6

Colloquial language

Answer 6

‘Legs it’

Creates a sense of how it happened regularly

Question 7

Gory language and imagery

Answer 7

‘Sort of inside out’ - vague language where he can’t explain the situation. Very violent and shows how he is not prepared for the killing.
‘Tosses his guts back into his body’ shows the disrespect

Question 8

Drinks and drugs won’t flush him out

Answer 8

Flush is associated with sickness and cleansing. The soldier is unclean and sick

Question 9

Sibilance

Answer 9

‘Sun stunned, sand smothered’ - positive is contrasted with violence. Everything is tainted with war