Poppies Flashcards

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Form of poem

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It is a first person narrative means reader gets a strong impression of the mother’s emotions.

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No rhyme scheme as well as variety of stanza length

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Shows that these are the soeakers uncensored thoughts through which she desperately tries to make sense of the situation.

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“Three days before Armistice Sunday”

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Poem sets a tone of remembersnce from the start.Weir sets the scene of the poem at a memorial service to show the resder that the speaker and her son are victims of war

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Chaotic structure also reflects the narrator’s

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Lack of control over her emotions.

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Use of enjambment

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Creates the impression the powm is an outpour of emotions

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