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Vergissmeinnicht (keith douglas 1920- 1944) Flashcards

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‘the soldier sprawling in the sun’

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sibilance

sinister feel

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‘the frowning barrel of his gun’

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personification
weaponry reminds reader of the vulnerability fragility of the body
expresses disappointment

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‘burst stomach like a cave’

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simile

emphasizes the size of wound/ damage

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‘his skin the swart flies move’

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image of rot
sibilance/ sinister
visceral image

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‘like the entry of a demon’

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simile
reduces warfare to something awful
connotative to hell
elevates destruction to something supernatural

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‘look’

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short imperative

commanding us to confront the horrors/ reality of war

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