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English Lit 2019 preparation: Compare how poets present the ways that…

- - - - methaphor
      - foreign conflict
      - darker, harsher, more horrific as innocent children are involved
  - - - metaphor
      - captured a man as he is dying, his final moments
      - could also be taken to mean that the figure is gradually appearing on the paper, while also alluding to the fact that since he no longer exists he has effectively become a ghost.
  - - - "prick" - could suggest how quick any feeling of sadness is. How they only feel it for a moment before it escapes their memories
      - "eyeball" suggests that the act of crying is only a reflex, that they don't really care, not truly affected, not a genuine response
        
        "eyeballs" is also ugly, which reflects the reader's disingenuous response
- - - - There is a repetition of this throughout the poem
      - Stuck in a never ending cycle
        
        memory is repeated,a reoccurring nightmare
      - not certain, the victim may not have been able to defend themselves, may have killed an innocent, theme of guilt
  - - - Bloody imagery
      - repetition of bloody reinforces a sense of frustration or guilt. The blood on his hands - unable to get rid of it - is guilt-ridden.
  - - - trying to physically rid himself of the memories, trying to wash it out, feeling of utter desperation
      - The verb "flush" suggests that something needs to be cleansed or disposed of.
        It links to the unpleasantness of his memories.