Poppies Flashcards

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What is Jane Weir communicating about conflict in ‘Poppies’?

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Sad many parents have to watch their children go off to war
Worry loved one might lose life
Devastating impact on family of soldiers

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What is the structure used in “Poppies”?

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Dramatic monologue - imagined mother soldiers
Time sequence - flashback, mysterious change
Narrative
Explore grief & worrying reflecting on last time she saw him
She’s not in stable frame of mind

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What are the techniques used in “Poppies”?

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Metaphor - “released a song bird from its cage” - shows extreme release of emotion (weeping)
Metaphor - My stomach busy making tuck, darts, pleats” - knitting imagery suggests nervousness/anxiety
Simile - “the world overflowing like a treasure chest” - opportunities her son has, his excitement
Simile - “like a wishbone” - her reflective nature

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What is the rhythm/rhyme used in “Poppies”?

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Free verse - mimicking raw emotions & unstable frame of mind she’s in (chaotic)
Caesuras - “flattened, rolled, turned into felt” - slow & reflective
Enjambment - 2nd stanza

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What is the imagery used in “Poppies”?

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Visual (military uniform) - “spasms of paper red, disrupting a blockade” - militaristic, her anxiety/insecurity over potential death (like blood)
Tactile - “graze my nose” - reminiscing on son’s youth
Tactile - “run my fingers through the gelled blackthorns” - closeness & motherly nature

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What is the vocabulary used in “Poppies”?

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Verb - “intoxicated” - uncertain meaning - is it good he’s excited?
Lists can’t think of what to say, what she’s not wearing - unstable frame of mind

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