the poetry anthology

Question 1

mametz wood quotes for death

Answer 1

“the china plate of shoulder blade”- fragility of life
“in boots that outlasted them” the simplicity of boots being personified to have lived to their potential more than soldiers highlights the absurdity

Question 2

mametz wood quotes for war

Answer 2

“a broken mosaic of bone linked arm in arm” shows comraderie even in death
“slipped from their absent toungues” grotesque imagery and leaves a dark impression of the soldiers on then having peace
“twenty men in one long grave” the scale and absurdity of war

Question 3

mametz wood quotes for remberance

Answer 3

“like a wound working a foreign body to the surface of the skin” trying to heal from tragedy
“even now the earth stands sentinel” taking care of the deceased soldiers