Poppies: Quote Mind Map
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- Created on: 04-02-18 18:54
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- Poppies: Quote Analysis
- Themes and Context
- The poem looks at a mother of a son who has grown up and gone to war.
- The poem ends at the memorial, suggesting the son died at war.
- Suggests that "this" is her son's death but she cannot bear to speak the words.
- Implies pain,
- Suggests that "this" is her son's death but she cannot bear to speak the words.
- The poem flashes back to key moments of the life of the mother and son.
- "as I walked with you, to the front door, threw it open, the world overflowing like a treasure chest"
- The act of throwing open the "front door" is symbolic of setting her son free.
- The "front door" represents her acceptance of his choices.
- Simile: "the world overflowing like a treasure chest"
- Suggests how attractive the world appears to her son but also her aspiration for him to have opportunities.
- The act of throwing open the "front door" is symbolic of setting her son free.
- "I traced the inscriptions on the war memorial, leaned against it like a wishbone"
- Physical senses: "traced"
- Implies the intimacy between mother and son and connotes the tactile hypersensitivity and jumbled emotions.
- Simile: "leaned against it like a wishbone"
- According to some beliefs a wishbone is linked to the ability to make a wish which could suggest the mother's longing for her son to return.
- Physical senses: "traced"
- "released a song bird from it's cage ... and this is where it has led me"
- metaphor: "released a song bird from it's cage"
- "song bird" is a beautiful creature.
- Suggests the son is like a beautiful caged creature who needs to be set free
- Implies that she understands he is free to make mistakes and be harmed.
- Suggests the son is like a beautiful caged creature who needs to be set free
- Suggests the son is like a beautiful caged creature who needs to be set free
- Implies that she understands he is free to make mistakes and be harmed.
- "song bird" is a beautiful creature.
- vague pronoun: "this"
- Double meaning: could mean the location but also the situation.
- Suggests that "this" is her son's death but she cannot bear to speak the words.
- Implies pain,
- Suggests that "this" is her son's death but she cannot bear to speak the words.
- Double meaning: could mean the location but also the situation.
- metaphor: "released a song bird from it's cage"
- Themes and Context
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