Remains- Simon Armitage

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  • Remains- Simon Armitage
    • Title
      • remains of a person.
      • his memories are like remains- not full as he is damaged by guilt.
    • written in an informal style
      • reflects soldiers speaking together.
      • reflects depressed state of mind.
      • Casual language juxtaposes serious situation (trying to diffuse horror)
        • "tosses his guts back into his body"
      • "legs it up the road"
      • "one of my mates goes by"
    • Enjambment
      • used to show how is mind is rushing with thoughts, there isn't time to breathe (like body).
    • Repetition
      • "Probably armed, possibly not"
      • shows how he remembers the event- repeating in his mind.
      • repetition of rhythm
    • war like language
      • "dug in behind enemy lines"
      • poem in Armitage's 'not dead' collection- interviews with war veterans.
    • Horrific imagery
      • "as it rips  through his life I see broad day light"
      • "his bloody life in my bloody hands"
        • he cannot forget
      • "his blood shadow"
      • "sort of inside out"
        • narrator is numb- seen to many people die
    • power and conflict
      • Power is shown by the effect war has over him- is numb.
      • conflict is shown through doing his job, and in his mind.
        • "we got sent out"- following orders, but after feels guilty.
    • Guilt
      • "End of story, except not really"
        • body gone quickly, but event will haunt them forever.
      • "he's here in my head when I close my eyes"
        • there when he dreams- cannot remove guilt.
      • "the drink and the drugs wont flush him out"
        • tries to numb his memories, but nothing works. conflict in his mind.

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