Poppies

Question 1

“tucks, ______, ______”

Answer 1

“tucks, darts, pleats”

Question 2

“the world ________ like a _______ _____”

Answer 2

“the world overflowing like a treasure chest”

Question 3

“gelled _______ of _____ _____”

Answer 3

“gelled blackthorns of your hair”

Question 4

Context

Answer 4

-Weir grew up in Ireland during the conflicts of the 1980s exposing her to the consequences of the war on home and family
-Poppies highlights the powerlessness of a soldier in the face of propaganda - the poem presents the soldiers as innocent to the horrors of war

Question 5

Structure

Answer 5

poem follows a time sequence, as time progresses the rhyme changes along with the narrator’s emotions, which reflects the complex nature of their grief

Question 6

“leaned ______ it like a ________”

Answer 6

“leaned against it like a wishbone”