Poem - Poppies Flashcards

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Poppies explores the view of conflict, from the point of view of

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women

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Weir had two teenage boys. Why did she say that she wrote this poem?

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I tried to put across how I might feel if they were fighting in a war zone.

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Who was Weir thinking of as she wrote Poppies?

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I was subliminally thinking of Susan Owen…

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How does the mother describe her sons thoughts of bravery and heroism?

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Intoxicated

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The mother describes visits to the churchyard and war memorial. What does this imply?

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It implies that her son is dead

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Sight, sound and touch can be seen often, for example

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Spasms of paper red

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This words in the first verse hint at how her son died

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“Spasms”, “disrupting” and “blockade”

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The song-bird freed from its caged is a metaphor for

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The mother setting the child free

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Poppies looks rigid and structure at first glance because

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The first and last stanzas are 6 lines, stanza 2 is 11 and stanza 3 is 12. 6 11 12 6

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This structural technique reflects the mother herself. She seems strong and stoic - for her son. Yet beneath this façade she is frightened, anxious and emotionally fragile.

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More than half the lines have Caesurae

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These images of death and mourning create a sombre and solemn mood as the mother grieves for her lost son.

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‘Armistice Sunday’, ‘poppies’ and ‘war graves’

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Most war poetry is told from the male perspective, often the soldier and his experiences in battle, however the difference with Poppies is that…

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the poem is narrated by a woman who isn’t directly involved in conflict

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When she speaks in the present tense…

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we see her as fragile and vulnerable.

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