Poppies Flashcards
What is the form of the poem?
A dramatic monologue
What does the Dramatic monologue suggests?
Emphasizes the pain caused for the often ignored mother also emphasizing how he isn’t there he is either at war or dead.
What does the enjambment and different stanza length suggest?
it reflects the chaotic conflict on those at war, hence their life is chaos and lacks control because they are with the terrfying thoughts of those loved ones. There is enjambment following into stanzas and the stanza break within a sentence reflecting breaking emotions of mother
The sun has a yellow lapel on his blazer and his mum is pinning a poppy on it how is it described?
‘Spams of paper red, disrupting a blockade of yellow bias’
How is the mother described when she is de fluffing his clothes
‘Sellotape bandaged around my hand’
The mother re tells a story from her son perspective giving us a image of what he thinks the idea of war is ?
‘The world overflowing like a treasure chest’
