Poppies

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  • Created by: Brakabopa
  • Created on: 05-04-17 19:36
Context
Jane Weir, born in 1963, grew up in Italy and Northern England, with an English mother and an Italian father. She has continued to absorb different cultural experiences throughout her life, also living in Northern Ireland during the troubled 1980s.
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"Before"
Repetition- emphasies the parallel between national and personal mourning and remembrance.
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"I was brave"
The mother asserting her bravery here subverts the idea that it's only those who go off to war who are brave.
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" My stomach busy making tucks, darts, pleats"
Sewing imagery- conveys her nervousness and physical feeling of anxiety.
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"A winter coat or reinforcements of scarf, gloves."
Battle imagery makes her sound vulnerable.
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Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

Repetition- emphasies the parallel between national and personal mourning and remembrance.

Back

"Before"

Card 3

Front

The mother asserting her bravery here subverts the idea that it's only those who go off to war who are brave.

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

Sewing imagery- conveys her nervousness and physical feeling of anxiety.

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

Battle imagery makes her sound vulnerable.

Back

Preview of the back of card 5

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