Poppies Flashcards
Who is the author of Poppies?
Jane Weir
Describe the stanzas
6 lines, 11 lines, 12 lines, 6 lines
Gives regular form
What structural device represents the speaker of Poppies breaking inside?
19 lines have caesuras
What is the effect of the first person narrative of Poppies?
Insight into the anxious and devastated mind of mother -> structure represents thought patterns
What is the setting of Poppies?
Home, then outside at a war memorial -> contrasting personal domesticity and war
Context for Poppies
Weir lived in N.Ireland during the troubles
Has a textile and design business
The poem was written during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
What are some Poppies quotes for the theme of texture?
“spasms of paper red, disrupting a blockade/of yellow bias binding”
“graze my nose across the tip of your nose”
” run my fingers through the gelled blackthorns of your hair”
“traced the inscriptions of the war memorial”
What are some Poppies quotes for the theme of war?
“sellotape bandaged around my hand”
“a single dove flew from the pear tree”
“tucks, darts, pleats… without reinforcements”
“leaned against (the memorial) like a wishbone”
What are some Poppies quotes for the theme of motherhood?
“a split second and you were away, intoxicated”
“I went into your bedroom/released a songbird from its cage”
“hoping to hear/your playground voice catching on the wind”
