Vergissmeinnicht (keith douglas 1920- 1944)

Question 1

‘the soldier sprawling in the sun’

Answer 1

sibilance

sinister feel

Question 2

‘the frowning barrel of his gun’

Answer 2

personification
weaponry reminds reader of the vulnerability fragility of the body
expresses disappointment

Question 3

‘burst stomach like a cave’

Answer 3

simile

emphasizes the size of wound/ damage

Question 4

‘his skin the swart flies move’

Answer 4

image of rot
sibilance/ sinister
visceral image

Question 5

‘like the entry of a demon’

Answer 5

simile
reduces warfare to something awful
connotative to hell
elevates destruction to something supernatural

Question 6

‘look’

Answer 6

short imperative

commanding us to confront the horrors/ reality of war