Remains Flashcards
1
Q
no regular rhyme scheme
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Remains
makes it sound like a story
2
Q
begins with first person plural ‘we’, changes to ‘i’
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Remains
sounds like a confession
3
Q
implication of his ‘guts’ spilling out
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Remains
gory
reminds us of war
4
Q
‘it rips through his life’
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Remains
violent metaphor contrasts with the stoic tone of the first two stanzas
5
Q
‘tosses his guts back into his body’
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Remains
lack of care = his body is treated like rubbish
dehumanising
6
Q
‘probably armed, possibly not’
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Remains
guilt eats him up
repetition hints at his inner turmoil
7
Q
‘his bloody life in my bloody hands’
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Remains
