Remains Flashcards
who wrote it
Armitage
how does he include everyone in his poetry
colloquial language and puns
what was his realisation and aim
that not many poems are written about today’s soldiers, wanted to make people aware of soldiers still alive
poem collection
‘The Not Dead’, soldiers who survive war pay heavy price too
war and soldier context
Iraq war, UK and USA invade to remove Hussein from power. Poem about real soldier Guardsman Tromans who survived it
“On…”
On another occasion
“probably…”
probably armed, possibly not
“tosses…”
tosses his guts back into his body
“End…”
End of story, except not really.
“But I…”
But I blink // and he bursts again through the doors of the bank.
“the drink…”
the drink and the drugs won’t flush him out
“his…”
his bloody life in my bloody hands
