Remains: simon armitage

context of remains?

Ptsd, written for a solider who fought in iraq, colloquial language - story like

themes?

-effect of conflict

-reality of conflict

-memory

-guilt

-individual experience

compare to: effect of conflict

-charge of the light brigade

-exposure

-bayonet charge

-poppies

-war photographer

-kamikaze

compare to: reality of conflict

-charge of the light brigade

-exposure

-bayonet charge

-war photographer

compare to: memory

-prelude

-my last duchess

-poppies

-war photographer

-emigreé

-kamikaze

compare to: guilt

-war photographer

compare to: individual experience

-london

-prelude

-bayonet charge

-poppies

-war photographer

-emigreé

-kamikaze

language, structure, form

1st person becomes singular and not collective 'we' - 'I'

anecdote

violent imagery

colloquial

language

repetition

volta - 5th stanza

quote: 'sleep' - 'dream'

caesura mimics gunshot

'end of story ... not really '

Volta

quote: '... armed .... not '

probably, possibly

contrasts definite action as he is doubtfull

'... his guts back into ... body then he's ... off in the back of a ... '

tosses, his, carted, lorry

two casual vs cold actions, no repeat, makes him seem like rubbish, juxtaposes between graphic imagery vs relaxed tone