Remains

Question 1

“Sort of inside out”
“Tosses his guts back into his body”

Colloquial language

Answer 1

First 4 stanzas filled with familiar language, makes poem sound like a story.

• Almost childish language - speaker unable to process the event in an adult way (maturer way)

“Tosses” - casual/cold action; no respect for the dead man; makes it sound as if his body was a piece of rubbish

Question 2

“It rips through his life”
“His blood-shadow stays on the street”

Graphic imagery

Answer 2

Violet metaphor contrasts shockingly with the colloquial style (not formal) of the beginning of the poem

Visual reminder of the death, foreshadows that this death will haunt him

Question 3

“Probably armed, possibly not”

Repetition

Answer 3

Repetition reflects the way the killing is repeated in his mind

There’s doubt here, contrasts with the definite action that follows

Repeated line in line 4 and 22 - shows he’s replaying the event in his mind and hints at his inner turmoil

Question 4

To compare with:
CONFLICT:
- kamikaze
- war photographer

Answer 4

To compare with:
INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE:
- poppies
- bayonet charge