Poppies Quotes Flashcards
1
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‘three days before Armistice Sunday’
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use of temporal deities establishes the theme of remembrance from the start
2
Q
‘Crimped petals, spasms of paper red’
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use of asyndetic listing shows how detailed the memory is to the narrator
3
Q
‘Graze’
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word choice implies that the memory also has painful undertones
4
Q
‘The world overflowing like a treasure chest’
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this metaphor creates an image of there being an outpouring of emotion by the narrator
5
Q
‘I listened, hoping to hear your playground voice catching on the wind’
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poem ends with a sad metaphor
