Poem Qoutatioms

Question 1

Kamikaze : full of powerful encantations

Answer 1

Suggests the piolet was under some kind of spell hints the influence of patriotic propaganda, e.g. the honour to die for your country 

Question 2

Kamikaze: He must have looked far down at the little fishing boat strung out like bunting

Answer 2

Irony= the pilot should’ve been aiming for the big enemy ships however the boats catches his eye

Question 3

Kamikaze: Flashing silver , Perl grey, prawns the loose silver

Answer 3

Make nature sound precious and rare

Question 4

Kamikaze: -yes grandfather boat

Answer 4

Interjection of direct speech: pilot daughter answering a question from her child

Question 5

kamikaze: and though came back. My mother never spoke again in his presence, nor did she meet his eyes.

Answer 5

Daughters voice is less detailed description, of his wife was ashamed of him .It hints her pain and empathy of her father.

Question 6

kamikaze: till gradually we to learn to be silent

Answer 6

How the daughter has learnt to treat her father just like her mother

Question 7

Kamikaze: and sometimes she said she must have wondered which have been a better way to die

Answer 7

Final short sentence : could be a common on how destructiveness of patriotism is pilots family are ashamed treat him as if he’s dead they may have wished he had fulfilled his mission either way ending in a kind of death

Question 8

War photographer:  in his dark room he is finally alone

Answer 8

The phrase tells us where he is, in a photographer room. But also hints at the subject matter of these photographs.

Question 9

War photographer: Belfast .Beirut .Phnom Penh.

Answer 9

The succession of place sounds breaks the soft mood like gunfire. He goes on to list the countries of where he has visited war.

Question 10

War photographer: All flashes grass

Answer 10

This is a quote from the Bible. This basically means that human life is temporary.

Question 11

War photographer: he has a job to do

Answer 11

Show simple sentence using monosyllabic words he has to put his emotion aside like a soldier does to do his job.

Question 12

War photographer: solutions slop in trays

Answer 12

Developing photos also uses sibilance

Question 13

War photographer: of running children in a nightmare heat

Answer 13

May be a reference to a Vietnam war photo the link hints then important of the photographer work as a photo is sometimes credited with helping to end the war.

Question 14

War photographer: a half formed ghost

Answer 14

He’s half formed because the photograph is still developing but also suggest his body has been mutated; grotesque imagery

Question 15

War photographer: 100 agonies and black-and-white

Answer 15

Emotive metaphor to describe his photos having the pictures printed seems to confirm and solidify the suffering they show.

Question 16

War photographer: blood stained into foreign dust

Answer 16

Reminder that this is still happening somewhere else stained tints the last impact of war

Question 17

War photographer:
The readers eyeball prick

Answer 17

Prick suggest pain but a smaller amount for a short time this suggest the reader will quickly forget the photos and carry on with their lives

Question 18

War photographer: they do not care

Answer 18

This is ambiguous. It could refer to the readers of the newspapers who do not care about the victims of war or it could refer to the wider world which is a pathetic about others suffering critical tone.

Question 19

Poppies: Before

Answer 19

 repetition emphasises the parallel between national and personal morning and remembrance

Question 20

Poppies: bandage

Answer 20

Image rate of being wounded she is emotionally wounded and he might be wounded in war

Question 21

Poppies: The gelled blackthorns of your hair

Answer 21

Back phones allude to Jesus who were around of phones when he was crucified they since at the sacrifice her son will make

Question 22

Poppies: my stomach busy making tucks darts pleats

Answer 22

Sewing imagery conveys her nervousness and physically feeling of anxiety 

Question 23

Poppies: without a winter coat or reinforcement

Answer 23

Battle imagery makes her sound vulnerable

Question 24

Poppies: I traced

Answer 24

 touch is an important to the mother. The memorial is a solid object and like her wishes are memories.

Question 25

Poppies: like a wishbone

Answer 25

Simile, strong visual image hints at her wish for his safety. May have two meanings she wishes he will return or wishing her son never went 

Question 26

Poppies: play ground _______catching on the wind

Answer 26

Voice
Link leaving to join the army with leaving to go to school

Question 27

Finish quotation: how the ________ _________ cry
Every black’ ing ________ appals,

Answer 27

London : Chimney sweepers
Black
Signifies cries of child chimney sweepers, who often forced to work in such ahesh conditions even the church, which should be symbolic of morality, appears to be corrupted by the pratice.
Criticises church not doing enough to protect the vulnerable children

Question 28

Finish quotation: I gave ______ ;
Then all ______ stopped together

Answer 28

My last duchess: commands
Smiles
Implies he ordered death of duchess, effectively silencing her, showing his power

Question 29

Exposure refrain :

Answer 29

“But nothing happens”
Emphasises the pointlessness of war, and how despite solider suffering constant exposure to harsh conditions no meaningful action/change occurs.

Question 30

Finish quotation: we are _________ with empty ______
Strange, it is a _______ that we fear.

Answer 30

Storm on the island: bombarded air
Huge nothing
Oxymoron: huge nothing, highlight power of nature, can dominate human concerns.
Dramatic Pause after word strange, emphasise importance human v nature

Question 31

Finish quotation: he’s probably _______ ,________not.

Answer 31

Remains: Armed possibly
Uncertainty about weather the person they shot was actually dangerous or not, highlighting physiological trauma of killing

Question 32

Finish quote: dream, and he’s _______ apart by a _______

Answer 32

Remains: torn bear
Surreal and terrifying image, suggest speaker is haunted by nightmares where the person killed is attacked by a bear, emphasising physchological impact