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