Remains Flashcards
Who wrote remains ?
Simon armitage
Context of remains
Group of soldiers shoot a mean dead, death described in graphic detail.
Soldier doesn’t know weather the man was armed or not(plays on his mind )
He’s haunted by it
Form of remains
What does the poem changing from ‘we ‘ to ‘I ‘ suggest
No regular rhyme scheme or line length - a story is being told
Poem begins with “we” then changes to “I” - makes it sound like a confession and more personal
In the final couplet both lines have the same metre- gives a feeling of finality and thay the feeling with stay within the soldier
3 quotations from remains …
“His blood shadow stays on the street” (link to war photographer ) “ dug in behind enemy lines “ also links to this that the event is engraved in his mind
The couplet” his bloody life in my blood hands “ accepting responsibility. Possible allusion to Macbeth, trying get rid of blood stained on hands
What’s the difference between stanza before stanza 5 and after ? Remains
Before stanza 5 he is talking in a coloquial tone, however in stanza 5 there’s is a clear volta where emotion and guilt submerge the speaker
Quotation in remains that may allude to Macbeth .
His bloody life in my bloody hands
