Poppies Flashcards
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Themes
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- Effect of war on others
2
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Context/ Structure
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- Written from a mother’s perspective to her son going to war
- has a semantic field of textiles
- Chaotic structure, reflects her emotions
3
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First quote
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” a blockade of yellow bias” - “Gelled blackthorns of your hair”
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First quote analysis
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Metaphor, alliteration :
- His place at war is shutting her out + takes her son away from her
- creates an spikey obstacle splitting the child from his mother
- makes her son seem aggressive
5
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Second quote
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“The world is overflowing like a treasure chest”
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Second quote analysis
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simile and juxtaposition:
- Shows how the world is full of amazing things waiting for him yet her son is going to war and is most likely going to die
- She wishes he seems or experiences something incredible
7
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Third quote
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“I listened, hoping to hear your play ground voice catching on the wind”
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Third quote analysis
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Juxtaposition and semantic field:
- Juxtaposing warzone and playground almost as if the warzone is the playground and he is playing
- Juxtaposing her felling from before where she was hoping the best for him and now is sad that he is gone and is reminiscing
- reminiscing about her child being a but and innocent kid to becoming a killing machine, makes us feel bad
