Remains

Question 1

Summary:

Answer 1

1. Soldiers are sent out to handle looters
2. Looter is shot and body not respected
3. Guilt follows the soldier for the rest of his life

Question 2

Context:

Answer 2

1.Poet Laureate after Carol Ann Duffy
2. His poetry is designed to be accessible and relatable.
3. Armitage released his poem in a collection called “The Not Dead”
4. Named after channel 4 documentary about Iraq 2003 soldiers.

Question 3

1.”And one of them legs it up the road,possibly armed possibly not.”

reinforce with “myself and somebody else and somebody else are all of the same mind.” directly after that quote

Answer 3

1. Colloquial tone, suggest youth or how used to it they are
2. Shows a sense of desperate flight
3. Uncertainty whether the individual is armed
4. Blurred lines between innocence and guilt in war
5. Tone makes it more accessible

Question 4

2. “sort of inside out,pain itself, the image of agony.”

Answer 4

1. Colloquial language to pretend he’s not impacted by it all
2. Intensity and vividness of the scene.
3. Haunting and enduring image
4. Stark reminder of the human cost of violence and the complexities of war.

Question 5

3. “tosses his guts back into the body. Then he’s carted off in the back of a lorry.”

Answer 5

1. Visceral and shocking, graphic picture of the victim
2. Chaotic nature of war
3. Torn apart to be crudely put together, futile attempt to restore some humanity
4. Callous, disregard for the life
5. Victim is a lifeless object to be disposed of
6. Desensitised

Question 6

4. “His blood-shadow stays on the street and out on patrol.”

Answer 6

1. Symbolic of the haunting that occurs long after the incident
2. Enduring imprint
3. Profound consequences
4. Casts a long shadow over the life of the soldier
5. Pervasive nature of trauma and the impact it has on communities

Question 7

Comparisons:

Answer 7

Bayonet Charge
1. Both question their role in war, both scared, both criticise it
2. Time in which it occurs

COTLB:
1. Glorification vs reality