poppies

Question 1

i pinned one of your lapel, crimped petals, spasms of paper red, disrupting a blockade of yellow bias binding around your blazer

Answer 1

use of asyndetic listing shows how detailed the memory is to the narrator

Question 2

why does the speaker speak in second person

Answer 2

to directly address their son however he never replies implying that he is no longer there which creates a sense of death and loss

Question 3

rolled turned into felt// slowly melting

Answer 3

use of ENJAMBMENT gives the sentence a fragmented feeling. showing that she is probably losing control towards the memories of her own son

Question 4

without a winter coat or reinforcements of scarf, gloves

Answer 4

the lack of protection from the cold shows how violence has left a mark on all of her everyday life

this could also imply that she feels she need reinforcements to face seeing the memorial for her own so as it is still difficult to face the reality of her situation

Question 5

spasms of paper red, bandaged

Answer 5

semantic field of pain / emotional wounds her could be physical wounds to her son

Question 6

endstop of first stanza

Answer 6

shows a possible sense of control

Question 7

form of paragraphs

Answer 7

first paragraphs are filled with commas on each line to show a sense of control

but during the middle is has a huge amount of enjambment showing the lack of control

Question 8

Key themes and ideas

Answer 8

War, loss, memory, childhood and relationships are in the poem. It can be linked to war poems and the prelude or emigree