Poetry-poppies(Weir) Flashcards
1
Q
Describe the context
A
- Weir lived in Northern Ireland during the troubles(1980s)
- she had two boys which influenced her desire to the the motivation for boys going to fight
- poppies are a symbol
2
Q
What are the overhanging/overarching concepts!
A
- regret
- memory
3
Q
Memory plan:
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“I listened hoping to hear her playgroud voice catching in the wind”-sad metaphor
“On your label,crimped pettels…“-asydenton-conveys how detailed the memory is
“Play being Eskimos like we did when we were little”-simile-he was only a boy(shouldn’t have been in war)
“A split second and you were away,intoxicated”-pathos(connotes sympathy for the mother)
4
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Regret plan:
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“Stomach busy making tucks, darts, pleats,hat-less.-asyndeton
“Dove”+”church”-religious connotations
“Intoxicated”-quality adjective
5
Q
Decribe the strucutre and form
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Form: dramatic monolouge(also first person narrative)
Structure:
- no rythmn and rhyme-only a collection of memories
- lots of complex sentences
- caesura-to stop tears
