Poetry-Remins(simon Armitage)

Question 1

Overarching concepts in remains?

Answer 1

Reality of conflict

Effects of conflict

Question 2

Reality of conflict:

Answer 2

“I see every round as it rips through(“I see”-anaphora”

“Probably armed, possibly not”-anaphora(probably)- refrain

“Rips through his life”-graphic imagrey + emotive language

Question 3

Effects of conflict plan?

Answer 3

“Here in my head when I close my eyes”-graphic imagrey

“Probably armed possibly not”-anaphora

“Sun-stunned sand smothered land”-sibilance

Question 4

Structure

Answer 4

• no real rhyme(colloquial)
• graphic imagrey
• first person singular(although it starts as a first person plural)

Question 5

Context:

Answer 5

• iraq war 2003

- lack of programmes to support soldiers after war