Remains

Question 1

What structure

Answer 1

Two part structure
The first half,person focuses on a past event in an anecdotal sense
Second half the person focuses on the aftermath of the war and speaking in present tense
Conveys the reality of ptsd

Question 2

What themes

Answer 2

Trauma and guilt
The solder is overwhelmed with feelings of guilt
The poet raises questions about the was solders in war are conditioned and expected to put aside their emotions

Question 3

Quote 1

Answer 3

Probably armed possibly not
Remind the readers of the doubt and anxiety which solders must deal with
Instinct to assume people are armed/assumption of danger
Doubt is the key driver of his guilt and it cripples him

Question 4

Quote 2

Answer 4

I swear I see every round as it rips through his life
Graphic imagdry
His life shows that the person is thinking about more than just the physical damage inflicted
Rip highlights the brutal nature of war
It is branded on his memory

Question 5

Quote 3 and what

Answer 5

His blood-shadow stays on the street
He’s stuck their like the stain on his memory,he cant go forward
Shadow symbolises the guilt that follows him