Poppies

Question 1

Name two quotes from poppies

Answer 1

“After you’d gone I went into your bedroom, released a song bird from its cage”
“Spasms of paper red”

Question 2

Analysis of “after you’d gone I went into your bedroom, released a song bird from its cage”

Answer 2

The song bird could symbolise the son’s departure, freedom or even the mother’s grief

Question 3

Analysis of “spasms of paper red”

Answer 3

The poppy’s delicate nature is juxtaposed with the word “spasms”, hinting at injury or death. “Red” connotations of blood and the brutality of war