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Poetry Anthology: Power & Conflict, Proclamations of Ozymandias'…

- - - - Imagery of the WHITE cat hair brings connotations of innocence
    - - "disrupting a blockade"
      - "Sellotape bandaged around my hand"
        
        Ideas of wounds
        
        The worry that her son might be wounded or dead
      - "Reinforcements of scarf, gloves..."
  - - - The last phrase, "into felt,", is enjambment used at the end of the second stanza
        
        This enjambment breaks up the poem & represents the mother's emotional breakdown
      - It also incorporates the rule of three, which is used to emphasise how the power of the the memories of her son render her speechless
    - - This metaphoric comparison to steel shows how the mother has to brace herself and dampen her emotions as her son departs, so that his goodbye isn't a sad one for him
        
        Generally speaking, there is a clear juxtaposition in the way the mother sees his departure & the son sees it
        
        "The world overflowing like a treasure chest"
        
        Shows how the son views his enlisting as an opportunity, and that fortune & glory will surround him
        
        "released a song bird from its cage"
        
        The mother uses the metaphor of comparing her son to a song bird, and how at the time, she saw it as liberating him from her care, from the cage of her care
        
        "Later, A single dove flew from the pear tree, and this is where it has led me, skirting the church yard walls"
        
        This extends the metaphor of comparing her son to a bird, remarking that her decision to release him into the wider world led him to his fate (As symbolised by the war memorial), much like how the bird led her to the war memorial
        
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- - - - This reflects how war causes chaos & inconsistency within the lives of those left behind