Poppies

Question 1

Placed

Answer 1

Poppies had already been placed

(Imagery of remembrance and sad emotions)

Question 2

Paper

Answer 2

Spasms of paper red

(Imagery of poppies and remembrance and ‘spasms’ shows uncontrollable pain)

Question 3

Greeting

Answer 3

I wanted to graze my nose

(She wishes to treat her son like a child now that he has gone using nostalgic memories)

Question 4

Bandage

Answer 4

Sellotape this bandage around my hand

(shows the pain and suffering they were going through)

Question 5

Flat

Answer 5

Flattened, rolled, turned into felt

(Emphasises the suffering and pain, also experienced by the mum mentally at home)

Question 6

Dove

Answer 6

Dove pulled freely against the sky

(Signifies peace and the emotional weight trying to escape the mum)

Question 7

Blazer (important)

Answer 7

Binding around your blazer

(Blazer has imagery of innocence and school, the mum is trying to cling onto her son and all the memories they have together through ‘binding’)