Poppies

Question 1

the poem is free verse

Answer 1

-shows that the women lacks control
-stream of consciousness
-her thoughts and feelings spill onto the page

Question 2

enjambment

Answer 2

mirrors her pain and tears

Question 3

gelled blackthorns of your hair

Answer 3

-metaphor for the pain
-metaphor for the barbed wire that hell come across during war

Question 4

the world overflowing like a treasure chest

Answer 4

-simile shows the sons excitement
-treasure chest is a metaphor for the discovery and jewels that hes going to explore

Question 5

semantic field of pain

Answer 5

spasms, blockade, blackthorns, crimped

Question 6

semantic field of maternal instincts

Answer 6

i resisted the impulse to run my fingers, i pinned one onto your label, i wanted to graze my nose across the tip of your nose

Question 7

why is it effective that its in first person

Answer 7

its effective as the mother is telling the world her feelings that she experienced when her son went of to war, it is a first hand experience and shows raw emotions

Question 8

released a song bird from its cage

Answer 8

metaphor- son is spreading his wings
-his mam has accepted that hes left and has let him go