Remains

Question 1

‘And the _____ and ___ _____ won’t ______ ___ out’

Answer 1

‘And the drink and the drugs won’t flush him out’
- cliche (overused saying) ‘flush’ is used to get rid of something unwanted which shows how this is no longer a matter of just war but every day life
- Shows the extent of his desperation = doesn’t care how it affects his body but only the want to forget

Question 1

‘________ armed ________ not’

Answer 1

‘possibly armed probably not’
- Anaphora of this is repeated throughout the poem to show he is still wracked with doubt and guilt (never leaves you)
- Cyclical structure (story’s end and beginning connect) shows how he keeps coming back to his doubt
- His guilt is the crux (most important part) of his suffering

Question 2

‘his ______ life in my _______ _____’

Answer 2

‘his bloody life in my bloody hands’
- Echoes Macbeth saying ‘will all great Neptune’s oceans wash this blood clean from my hand’ = blood is used as a motif for guilt in both texts
- The root cause of the soldiers suffering is guilt and sees the killing of the looter as unjust just like Macbeth with Duncan
- Internal effects of conflict

Question 3

‘___ __ story, except ___ ______. His _____ ______ stays on ___ ______’

Answer 3

‘end of the story, except not really. His blood shadow stays on the street’
- Metaphor for the memory of the man and the events.
- Caesura marks his realisation war isn’t the end of the trauma it carries with you everywhere
- Shadows are with you everywhere = like this memory
- like the white outline shadow on a crime scene = he’s committed a crime