poppies

jane weir

form

free verse, dramatic mologue, cyclical structure

shows the result of war

from an outside veiw of the mother of a soilder greiving

‘blackthorns of your hair’

closely symbolises the crown of thorns, shows sacrifice

repition of you

woman reminising about the last time they were with her loss

‘yellow binding’

shows how much it truley means, by remembering specific details