Conflict poetry Flashcards
Bayonet Charge
Ted Hughes
In medias res
questioning the purpose of war - futility of war - why should the working class have to fight/die for imperialism
A03 - his dad fought in WW1 - came back with ptsd
BC
He lugged
a rifle as numb as a smashed arm
simile
physical torture/impacts of war - tired struggle
soldiers are disposable weapons of war, not valued as human life
BC
yellow hare..
silent
how war destroys the innocence of nature and human nature, yellow for cowardice and fear
represents soldier - soulless, no free will, powerless
BC
King, honour, human dignity, etcetera
asyndetic listing
listing all the reason for joining, but now have no meaing, given up/doesn’t care
criticism of imperial wars and masculated propaganda
BC
His terror’s touchy dynamite
conclusion to poem, he’s become a weapon of war, explosive fear
lines getting progressively shorter - less of a person
Remains
Simon Armitage
In medias res
didactic, moral cautionary about effects of war, expressing emotions
Remains
Probably armed, possibly not
begining - desentised, careless, apathy, bravdo
end - convincing himself, doubt, anxiety, haunted by
remains
are all of the same mind
deindiviuises and dehumanises, brainwashed
unification, togetherness
critiquing army techniques and sensless violence
remains
sort of inside out
reflection of narrators feelings compared to scietal expectations
enjambment, conversational, casual
remains
his bloody life in his bloody hands
colloquial or violent and graphic, imense guilt, shame ans resposibility
Poppies
Jane weir
dramatic monologue
a mother experiencing ambiguos loss and trauma
more emitional and sentimental
had 2 sons go off to war
effect of modern war on families and second hand trauma
poppies
individual war graves
semantic field of war
every death matters - individuises soldiers - tragic, personal
poppies
released a song bird
symbolic of son leaving
freedom and relief of her emotions
poppies
like a wishbone
fragility, feeling of loss
hope, supersistion
metaphor?
War photographer
Carol ann duffy
a job with moral responisbilty to report war, shows the power of propaganda
explores effect on individuals
juxtaposition (active vs passive)
