remains

Question 1

who wrote remains

Answer 1

Simon armitage

Question 2

what is remains structure

Answer 2

-heavy enjambement- cant separate past and present

Question 3

what is the form

Answer 3

dramatic monologue

Question 4

what language is used

Answer 4

-colloquial language
-violent imagery
-metaphors

Question 5

what is the key idea of remains

Answer 5

show impact on soldiers after war
-conflict is brought hoe with them internally

Question 6

what is the quote “he’s here in my head when I close my eyes” about + methods

Answer 6

-metaphor- war zone is now in his head, internal conflict due to guilt
-mental battle between whether killing him was justified or not, his memory Hants him
-PTSD

Question 7

what is the quote “probably armed, possibly not” about + methods

Answer 7

-mentioning looter he killed, suggesting there’s a chance the man he killed couldve been innocent and not a threat
-“probably” comes first because its what he wants to believe snit provides justification
-clear ANAPHORA later in poem to show he is focused on the murder being unjust
-guilt, regrets murder
-cyclical structure

Question 8

what is the quote “his blood shadow stays on the street” about + methods

Answer 8

-death stains a persons conscience and memory as it stains a street
-he is haunted by memory- cant escape it
-PTSD, hallucinations
-metaphorical language

Question 9

what is the quote “tosses his guts back into his body, then he’s carted off in the back of a lorry” about + methods

Answer 9

-“tosses” connotes a lack of respect- body treated like an object, people don’t think anything of it & is a natural reaction
-conflict causes a devaluation of human life
-rhyme between ‘body’ & ‘lorry’ shows fluidity suggesting they are used to this routine due to exposure to death and violence
-they lose respect for their life