Power And Conflict Poetry Flashcards
1
Q
Remains
‘So all three of us open fire’
A
religious imagery as fire is associated with hell and they killed him so they could go to hell or they could of sent him to hell
2
Q
Remains
‘His bloody life in my bloody hands’
A
No more collective responsibility
‘Bloody’ shows the violent nature of death
Repetition of ‘all’ at the start shows how he feels guilt but he knows it wasn’t just him who killed the looter (contrasts)
3
Q
Exposure
‘our brains ache in the merciless iced east winds that knife us’
A
Shared experience of the weather affecting them
4
Q
Exposure
They are on full alert ‘but nothing happens’
A
symbolises how even death doesn’t change anything as they have been overpowered by nature
