Poppies Quotes And Ideas Flashcards
Jan Weir presents a domesticated motherly model image but this can also imply that this is the least this mother can do due to ‘as I could’.
“I rounded up as many white cat hairs as I could”
Another image of the mother being wounded emotionally; the scars of war.
“Sellotape bandaged around my hand”
The yearning for the sense of touch from the mother shows the relationship and envy the loss of her son - showing the distance between the two.
“I wanted to graze my nose across the tip of your nose”
The mother begins to grow some assertive nature attempting to congest the feeling that are trying to overflow her. She is walking with her son until she released him to the army showing the idea that people who go to war are brave.
“I was brave, as I walked with you, to the front door”
A simile is used to show from the son’s perspective that this journey (war) is going to be fun or rather exciting.
“the world overflowing like a treasure chest.”
A biblical symbol of freedom also suggesting her emotions getting to the best of her and accepting reality.
“released a song bird from its cage.”
The mother begins to travel to the place her son is rested but an uneasy sense of nervousness is put upon the mother due to her wandering around the walls.
“skirting the church yard walls,”
Jane Weir reiterates the mourning of the mother by using a sense of touch emphasising her neediness for her lost son.
“I traced the inscriptions on the war memorial”
The mother’s feelings are overwhelming her as she remembers that joining the army was the son’s decision and is was completely against the mother’s decision suggested with the negative dynamic verb “intoxicated”.
“you were away, intoxicated”
