Remains Key Quotes Flashcards
The volta in the poem remains
“End of story,except not really”
Colloquial language examples in remains
“And one of them legs it up the road”
Almost humourous language using biblical imagery in remains when he kills the looter
I see every round as it rips through his life,I see broad daylight on the other side
Quote from remains that uses almost humerous language to show the looter as rubbish
Tosses his guts back into his body,and he’s carted off in the back of a lorry
Quote from remains that shows his guilt,last line
His bloody life in my bloody hands
Quote from remains showing his uncertainty over whether or not he should’ve killed the man
Probably armed possibly not
Quote from remains showing his remorse and the reminder of his actions
His blood shadow stays on the street,and out on patrol I walk right over it week after week
Quote from remains that show him supposingly being away from it all but not really
Then i’m home on leave.But I blink
and he bursts again through the doors of the bank
Grotesque imagery from remains however also almost childish
“So we’ve hit this looter a dozen times and he’s there on the ground sort of inside out”
emphasises his vivid memory of the graphic and violent death
Context for remains
Simon Armitage is an english playwright, poet and revolutionist. This poem is from his collection “Not dead” where he interviewed ex-soldiers on their experiences
Structure in Remains
Heavy enjambment (can’t seperate past/present
Shift in view of responsibility (first and third person)
Caesura [shows interrupting of life (ptsd)]
Colloquial Language at beginning contrasts to solemn language after volta
Enjambment - the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of line or stanza
Caesura - a phrase end especially occuring in middle of a line
