Poppies Flashcards
Quote 1: graves
“Individual war graves”
Quote 2: spaz block
“Spasms of paper red, disrupting a blockade” military language and idea of being shot causes graphic convulsions
Quote 3: bandage if sellotape
“Sellotape bandaged around my hand”
Idea that they’re injured bandaged
Quote 4: I’m hard
“Steeled the softening of my face” steeled shows hardened nature of war
Quote 5: graze
“ I wanted to graze my Jose across the tip of your nose” graze like injury in war
Quote 6: i want to run away ;-;
“I resisted the impulse to run my fingers”
Quote 7: thorns
“Blackthorns of your hair” like barbed wire in war
Quote 8: ice cream melts
“Slowly melting” volatile conditions of war
Quote 9: raid and treasure
“Threw it open, the world overflowing like a treasure chest” glory treasure fortune raiding
Quote 10: tainted
“You were away, intoxicated” harmful nature of war
Quote 11:stitch
“An ornamental stitch” stitches like in war
Quote 12: hills
“Reaching the top of the hill” like in a battlefield
Quote 13: bird bone
“like a wishbone”
Many soldiers wished to leave war
Quote 14: WE NEED BACKUP
“Reinforcements of scarf, gloves” military language
Quote 15: birdy be free
“Released a song bird from its cage” hostage
