Remains

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  • Created on: 17-06-20 14:59
Who wrote Remains?
Simon Armitage, the Poet Laureate in 2019
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What is the theme behind the poem?
PTSD, and the supposed lack of humanity within soldiers / all soldiers "of the same mind"
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What structural techniques are used in the poem?
The poem begins in media res, mirroring the soldiers confusion and uncertainty onto the reader. The caesura replaces what should be the end, and followed by enjambment, makes the memory seem jumbled yet sill haunting him.
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How is language used to good effect within the poem?
The poem is a first person recount, meaning the soldier is speaking. Colloquial language is found throughout the play, and coupled with violent language like "rips" or "tosses" contributes to the terrifying yet completely normal situation
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Where is repetition used and why is it effective?
He has finished telling the story, yet the story's consequences won't ever finish. The story is retold in an altered form, taking place within his eyelids. The repetition contributes to the inescapability of his experience and the consequences.
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PTSD, and the supposed lack of humanity within soldiers / all soldiers "of the same mind"

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What is the theme behind the poem?

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The poem begins in media res, mirroring the soldiers confusion and uncertainty onto the reader. The caesura replaces what should be the end, and followed by enjambment, makes the memory seem jumbled yet sill haunting him.

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Card 4

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The poem is a first person recount, meaning the soldier is speaking. Colloquial language is found throughout the play, and coupled with violent language like "rips" or "tosses" contributes to the terrifying yet completely normal situation

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Card 5

Front

He has finished telling the story, yet the story's consequences won't ever finish. The story is retold in an altered form, taking place within his eyelids. The repetition contributes to the inescapability of his experience and the consequences.

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