Remains Flashcards
1
Q
Quotes p.1.
A
“On another occasion”
“probably armed, possibly not”
“myself and somebody else and somebody else”
“so”
“I see every round as it rips through his life”
“I see broad daylight on the other side”
“inside out”
2
Q
Quotes p.2.
A
“the image of agony”
“tosses his guts back into his body”
“blood-shadow stays on the street”
“I’m home on leave”
“bursts” through doors again and “torn apart” by rounds and drugs won’t “flush” him out
3
Q
Quotes p.3.
A
“Sleep”
“Dream”
“drink” and “drugs”
“he’s here in my head when I close my eyes”
“dug in behind enemy lines”
not “six-feet-under in desert sand”
“his bloody life in my bloody hands”
4
Q
STRUCTURE
A
- Begins as if it’s going to be amusing anecdote, quickly turns to graphic description of death
- CLEAR VOLTA at beginning of fifth stanza where soldiers tone, thoughts and emotions are changed by his guilt
5
Q
FORM
A
- No regular line length or rhyme scheme, like a story
- Starts with first person plural “We” but changes to singular “I”; confession; more personal
- In final couplet both lines have same metre - gives a feeling of finality and hints guilt will stay with soldier
