Remains Flashcards
Who wrote remains
Simon armitage
Context of remains
Interviewed soldiers who returned from war (Afghanistan/Iraq) to tell their survival story
Time is not a healer and people are still scarred
Poem focuses on the testifies of the veterans of the Gulf, Bosnia and Malayan wars.
Analysis of title remains
Two meanings
The dead soldiers remains on the floor
The remaining image the soldier will never forget
Who is the speaker or remains
Solider who has returned from war talking about his past experience
What is the tone of remains
Written in a causal tone to show the soldiers are desensitised
What form is remains written in
Dramatic monologue
Single person speaking alone about there past
Quote to show that all the soldiers are programmed as weapons and desensitised in remains
So all three of us open fire
Quote showing the brutality of the soldiers death in remains
On the ground sort of inside out
Quote about how the soldiers is constantly haunted by after he returns from war in remains
Sleep and he’s probably armed, possibly not
Quote showing that soldiers need more support with the effects of war in remains
And the drink and the drugs won’t flush him out
Themes of remains
Effects of conflict
Reality of conflict
Memory
Guilt
Individual experience
