Big 5 Poetry- 'Remains' quotes and a technique

Question 1

‘probably _______, _________ ___’

Answer 1

‘probably armed, possibly not.’
Caesura, refrain
Haunts the soldier, uncertainty
conversational rhythm

Question 2

‘tosses ___ ______ ______ ___ ____ _____.’

Answer 2

‘tosses his guts back into his body’
Graphic imagery, casual verb, dehumanising the looter
soldier has become desensitised

Question 3

‘End of ______, _____ __ _____.’

Answer 3

‘End of story, except not really.’
Caesura
Separates idea from reality

Question 4

‘But I _______/ and he _______ ______ ______ the _____ __ ___ _____.’

Answer 4

‘But I blink / and he bursts again through the doors of the bank.’
Plosive ‘B’, Enjambment
Highlights shock and violence of the situation.
Crashes back into memory without warning
‘bank’ - metaphor for his mind
monosyllabic rhythm - gunfire

Question 5

‘he’s here in my ____ _____ __ ______ ___ _____,/ dug __ _____ _____ _____,’

Answer 5

‘he’s here in my head when I close my eyes,/ dug in behind enemy lines,’
Metaphor
for the way the soldier can’t get rid of the memory

Question 6

‘his _____ ____ in __ _____ _____.’

Answer 6

‘his bloody life in my bloody hands.’
Repetition - horror & responsibility, Imagery of guilt
feels guilty, literal and colloquial expression
semantic field of hands - carries the guilt everywhere

Question 7

Who was the author of Remains?

Answer 7

Simon Armitage

Question 8

What are the Big Ideas in Remains?
People in conflict b_______ d__________ to v________
Conflict can leave people with p_________ s______

Answer 8

People in conflict become desensitised to violence
Conflict can leave people with psychological scars

Question 9

Which two big 5 poems can you compare with remains?

Answer 9

Kamikaze
Exposure

Question 10

‘On a_______ o______’

Answer 10

‘On another occasion’
colloquial language - soldier telling the story
‘another’ - multiple stories