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poetry (Remains by Simon Armitage (Language ("Then he's carted…
poetry
Remains by Simon Armitage
Themes: Conflict, suffering and the reality of war
Tones: Tragic, Haunting, Anecdotal
Form and structure
Monologue told in present tense to convey a flashback(PTSD symptoms)
First 4 stanzas are set in iraq- last 3 set in england to show mental after math (PTSD)
Context
Poem coincided with the increased awareness of ptsd
Content
Language
"Then he's carted off in the back of a lorry" - reduction of humans back to cattle or waste from war; also symbolizes an ambulance and the extreme damage done by war
" he's here in my head when i close my eyes/ dug in behind enemy's lines"- metaphor for war in speaker's head- "dug in" highlights how much ground needs to be moved to get rid of the pain, and as life continues after earth and soil continues to build and build on an underlying issue ( PTSD)
"Legs it up the road"- colloquial language shows an authentic voice- "legs it" portrays fear and the necessity to escape conflict, making the reader/ audience feel sympathetic for those invloved in war as they cannot fully comprehend what the victims have gone through
" remains"- the images and suffering of war will always remain to those involved in conflict (hints at ptsd)
"his bloody life in my bloody hands"- alludes to Macbeth: macbeth the warrior with ptsd and lady macbeth's hands/ guilt.
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