Remains

Question 1

Written by?

Answer 1

Simon Armitage

Question 2

FOTTE

Answer 2

• F - volta, ‘but I blink’ - crucial in summarising the inescapable nature of trauma, how it continues to manifest just as powerfully in domestic life
• O - media res, ‘we get sent out’ - collective imperative and media res emphasises they are ordered about blindly as if a herd of animals, launched into action without understanding consequences/impact
• T- colloquial language, e.g. ‘legs it up’ ‘mates’ ‘sort of’ - 40% of young army men have a reading age of 11 - too young to understand/accept responsibility and be in this position, reinforced continual destruction of human life
• ‘probably armed’ ‘dug in behind enemy lines’ - imagery of war in his home shows it never leaves , trauma leaves them seeing the whole word as a battlefield
• E - metaphor, ‘his bloody life in my bloody hands’ - cyclical, now knows moral responsibility

Question 3

3 method focuses

Answer 3

Volta
Colloquial language
Metaphorical imagery