Poppies Flashcards
Examples of the semantic theme of TEXTILES
- ‘pinned’
- ‘lapel’
- ‘upturned collar’
- ‘flattened, rolled, turned into felt’
- ‘tucks, darts, pleats’
- ‘an ornamental stitch’
“The world overflowing like a treasure chest”
-simile… excitement
“Before YOU left”
-specific unnamed victim
“Spasms of paper red, disrupting a blockade”
- Military imagery
- Military Term (blockade)
- ‘Spasms’… connotations of pain
“Sellotape bandaged around my hand,”
-Suffering (juxtaposition)
“I wanted to graze my nose…”
- ‘Graze’… injury
- Enjambment (line carries through)
“Released a song bird from its cage”
-Symbolises the mother letting the child go
“Your playground voice catching on the wind”
-Old memories
Jane Weir is a…
Textiles designer
Form?
-Dramatic Monologue
Addressed to someone
Structure?
Irregular stanza length symbolises chaotic impact of war
Collection?
Exit Wounds
“Poppies”
-Immediate connotations of war & remembrance
MAIN THEMES
-Grief
-Emotional Conflict
-Impact of war on people that aren’t solely involved
(Set in St. Giles Churchyard, Derbyshire… not a war zone)
Inspiration?
Emily Dickinson… famous American poet who wrote about emotion
