POPPIES- JANE WEIR
BASIC MEANING
ANALYSIS OF FORM
ANALYSIS F STRUCTURE
ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE
CONTEXT
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RECALS THE DAY THE SON WENT TO WAR
PLASHBACK SHOWS THE SADNESS OF HIM LEAVING
EXPLORES THE NATURE OF GRIEF
CONCLUDES WITH THE MOTHERREMEMBERING HER SON AND THE SOLDIERS AT A MEMORIAL
SPEAKER AS THE MOTHER HELPS UNDERSTAND THE FEELINGS
FREE VERSE MAKES THE GRIEF SEEM MORE REALISTIC
POPPY BACAME A SYMBOL OF REMEMBERANCE
THE ENDING SHOWS THE SPEAKER IS TRAPPED BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT
SHOWS THE PEAKER LIVES BY THIS GRIEF
SHIFT IN TIME SHOWS THE LOSS OF THE SPEAKER
TRAQUILLITY OF NATURE IS USED TO CINTRAST THE WAR
PAUSES SHOW THE DIFFICULTY OF THE SUBJECT
'SMOOTH''SOFENED' CREATES A WARM REFLECTIVE TONE
'DOVE' IMEGERY REFLECTS THE FREEDOM OF THE SOLDIER
USES IMEGERY RELATING TO TOUCHING THE LOST
WAR REFERED TO AS 'TREASURE CHEST' SAYING WAR IS PRESIOUS -IRONY