Remains

•  The poem is writtwn from the prespective of a soldier stationed in Iraq or Afghanistan.
•  They are on patrole and see some looters, one appeared to have a gun so they open fire.
•  The rest of the poem is looking at even long after this event, the soldier cannot leave this memory behind. 
• PTSD

Remains

• dead bodies
•  What is left after everything theyve been through

"On another occasion..."

• First line starts almost in the middle of a recounting of an event, more realistic. sounds like a speach
• 'legs it' - Informal and colliquial, adds to the idea that this is a speach, adds realism.
• 'probably armed, possibly not' - Uncertainty, casual way of them saying they didnt check if the looters were armed or not.

"Well myself and somebody else..."

• Implies poor memory over time
• 'same mind, so all three..' - end-stopped line shows brutality of gun fire

Enjambment to the next stanza (line 8-9) 'I swear.. I see' 

• Shows how they are all feeling the same.

• "rips through his life.." - violent but simple verbs, shocking image to reader, but he speaks so casually, because it was a part of his everyday life.
•  Enjambment to next stanza- "I swear.. I see" - suggests an ongoing memory and struggle.
• "mates" and "tosses his guts" sounds informal & colloquial like it snormality for the soldier
• "End of story, except not really" - suggests he cant forget, change of style, becomes less like everyday speach.
• "stays" "street" - Tone-  long vowel sounds suggests he has become more serious

Repetition

• "Probably armed, possibly not" - Structure, comes back to haunt him
• "Drink and the drugs" -  Alliteration, highlights what the soldier has now turned to
• Repetition of 's' sound (sibilance), sounds suffocating
• Alliteration/ plosive 'D' sound repeted, suggests a heaviness felt by the soldier, emotional.
• Repetition of 'bloody'. "his bloody life in my bloody hands" - soldier has become a lady mcbeth figure. Hilights the guilt he feels. Two interperitations of "bloody" sounds informal like earlier, but also violent
• Irregular rhyme scheme-  "eyes/lines" "land/sand" - emphasises most imported part of the poem, most passionate part from soldier.

It is written as a monologue, from the point of view of the speaker. To give us a unique prespective, it makes it seem more honest and true, brings more emotion.

• The feel of a fast paced natural speach
• No regular rhythmic pattern, examples of enjambment.