Poppies

Question 1

Who was poppies written by

Answer 1

Jane weir

Question 2

Context of poppies

Answer 2

Weir wanted to write from a woman’s perspective which is rare in war poetry
own experience as a mother and has universal appeal for mothers everywhere ambiguities whether her son is dead 

Question 3

Title analysis poppies

Answer 3

Symbol of armistice and Remembrance for those in the war

Question 4

Speaker of poppies

Answer 4

First person mother references when her son goes away for war

Question 5

Tone of poppies

Answer 5

Direct and conversational but the poem still portrays speakers anxiety angry

Question 6

Form of poppies

Answer 6

Dramatic monologue written in first person allows the reader insight to mother’s feelings

Question 7

Quote Creating a domestic image poppies

Answer 7

Sellotape bandaged around my hand

Question 8

Quote giving biblical references to sacrifice

Answer 8

I resisted impulse to run my fingers through the gelled blackthorns of your hair

Question 9

Quote showing the son is excited for the future

Answer 9

I walked with you to the front door through open the world overflowing like a treasure chest

Question 10

Quote showing son may be potentially dead

Answer 10

I listened hoping to hear your playground voice catching on the wind

Question 11

Themes poppies

Answer 11

Loss/absence
fear
identity
memory