Remains Flashcards
What quote is “I see you every round as it rips through his life” using as a method?
Personification of the bullet
What is the quote “His blood shadow stays on the street” using as a method?
Metaphor
What is the quote “Bloody” using as a method?
Repetition
What quote uses personification to show the deep connection the soldier has with the death?
“I see every round as it rips through his life”
What quote uses a metaphor to show the powerful imagery of the victim representing long lasting memory/guilt.
“His blood shadow stays on the street”
What quote uses repetition to show the final thoughts (last line) of the figure towards the death that frustratingly/ exhaustingly haunts him?
“Bloody”
Who is the poet of Remains?
Simon Armitage
What is the poets experience with Conflict/ War?
He interviewed soldiers who had served in conflict so he has directly seen the impact of PTSD
What is the message of remains?
What we do in conflict stays with us forever
What is the analysis of the quote “I see every round as it rips through his life”
Deep connection solider has to the death- feels responsible as it was his bullet that took the life.
Verb “rip” suggests soldier views his actions as savage
(+unnecessary violence)
What is the analysis of the quote “His blood shadow stays on the street”
represents long lasting memory+ impact of his death on figure.
Shadow reflects absence of light (=life) that the solider feels responsible for, + blood = guilt.
(Has to walk past spot repeatedly- revisiting mirrors his ptsd- mentally revisiting the experience)
What is the analysis of the quote “Bloody” ?
-figures final thoughts: frustration towards victim (thinks he shouldn’t have killed him) and exhaustion at haunted memory.
+it reflects his sense of guilt -he feels responsible for what happened (blood=guilt)
What’s a good comparison to remains?
-War photographer: how war affects people both within and outside of conflicts.
-Bayonet change: Phycological impacts first hand perspective- BC- the solider abandoning his patriotism in the realisation of war’s futility. vs Remians: A solider who has long known of wars brutality and now suffers its aftermath.
