Remains Flashcards
List all the techniques
FORM:
Dramatic monologue - 1st person plural narrative
Free verse - irregular line length, rhythm & rhyme
Voice and tone
STRUCTURE: Enjambment FLI LLI - symbolism Repetition - contrast Title Volta Short, simple sentences Caesuras
LANGUAGE: Colloquial expressions Metaphor Blood and guts imagery Childish phrases Casual, cold verbs Foreshadowing Repetition of senses Sibilance and compound adjectives in a long sentence
Who wrote it?
Simon Armitage
When was it written?
2008 - from his collection “The Not Dead”
Why was it written?
To express the effect war has on ex soldiers
What are the attitudes?
Nonchalance
Guilt
Recite your introduction sentence
Remains is from Simon Armitage’s 2008 collection “The Not Dead”, and is based on the account of a British soldier who served in Iraq and follows the harrowing memories he has of someone he shot; this is the voice of the poem
Recite your conclusion sentence
Remains is a dramatic monologue and was written by Simon Armitage, a current, alive poet and professor of poetry at Oxford University, to express the horrors war has on soldiers, and how it can cause not only physical damage, but psychological damage as well. This may have been a touchy theme in 2008 as soldiers were needed to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, so writing the truth about the impacts could cause a drastic change of opinions.
Who is Armitage?
A Yorkshire-born poet and professor of poetry at Oxford university
What’s the poem about?
The impact of war on soldiers’ memories. Armitage interview Gulf War veterans to experience their experience before and after war.
