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remains
key quotes
"probably armed, possibly not"
solider trying to convince himself his actions are justified
"well myself and somebody else and somebody else"
repetition to highlight the deflection of blame
"three of a kind all letting it fly and i swear"
repetition of three linkining to myself and somebody else... which emphasises the deflection of blame
enjambment causes a volta to show where his life changed
"one of my mates goes by and tosses his guts back into his body"
equating the man to almost rubbish
dehumanises the man down to his organs so he doesn't have to think about his life
hes experienced so much violence it's normal
"then im home on leave. but i blink"
caesura causes a long pause highlighting how he thought going home would be the end of it
"the drink and the drugs won't flush him out"
"him" personifies the memory
oxymoron as he is trying to cleanse his memory of the things that would commonly need to be cleansed
"his bloody life in my bloody hands"
another volta: realisation, almost acceptance
half quatrain could symbolise the life cut short or the speaker feeling incomplete
written by simon armitage
structure
colloquial language used throughout the poem
half rhyme is used halfway through after the act is done to make the reader uncomfortable
not a first hand experience from the authour!!!
modern poet with a long time focus on war
from a collection of poems called the not dead
key ideas
main focus is ptsd
what happens in war will never leave you
guilt and the effects of war
not glorifying war, showing the reality
poems to compare
conflict