Remains

Question 1

Who wrote Remains

Answer 1

Simon Armitage

Question 2

Remains - context

Answer 2

Material for the poem came from a channel 4 series ‘Left for Dead’

Question 3

Simon Armitage - context

Answer 3

Born in 1963
Turned soldiers stories into poems
His pome are known for strong rhythms

Question 4

Remains - quotations

Answer 4

‘sort of inside out’ → excessive force by the soldiers has destroyed the body

‘pain itself’ → horror, trauma
‘image of agony’ - prolonged suffering

‘blood shadow’ - haunting, gruesome, unavoidable

‘his bloody life in my bloody hands’ → feels guilt + cannot remove it

Question 5

Remains - structure

Answer 5

Repition of ‘probably armed, possibly not’

Initially there are two words per phrase, giving a sense of balance

‘and hes probably armed, possibly not’
The weight of this sentence is placed on possibly not, showing how the soldier is trying to convince himself he did the right thing

Question 6

Remains summary

Answer 6

A group of soldiers brutally shoot a looter dead
The looters death is described in large detail
The soldier isnt sure if the man is armed or not and is haunted by the mans death

Question 7

Remains - tones

Answer 7

Guilt
Disbelief
Horrie
Despair
Regret