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15 Cards in this Set
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Use of Colloquialisms |
Gives a sense of realism to the piece More relatable to the reader |
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'on another occasion' |
Anecdotal language Suggests this is one of many events |
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'probably armed, possibly not' |
Aside 'possibly not' undermines severity of statement |
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'somebody else and somebody else' |
Enjambent - life is difficult and disjointed |
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'all...All...Three of a kind all letting fly' |
Repetition of 'all': doesn't want the Blame so tries to to share it between them all 'three of a kind': analogy, soldiers describes as cards in Poker, a game of luck. |
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'I see every round as it rips through his life - I see broad daylight on the other side.' |
Violent Metaphor: 'rips through his life-' -- shows brutality of the fight. Hyphen: moment to pause to reflect on what he's done. Graphic Hyperbole: used to demonstrate the lack of glory and honour in the killing. |
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'tosses his guts back into his body' |
This juxtaposes the violent killing that has taken place, 'tosses' sounds calm, almost lazy. |
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'his blood-shadow stays on the streets,' |
Metaphor: memory of Man and events Blood: connotes death Shadow: connotes a lingering memory. |
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Caesura in stanza 6 |
Could represent gunshots |
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'probably armed, and possibly not' |
Repetition from first stanza Show the events are replaying in his mind PTSD |
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'won't flush him out' |
Flush connotes trying to rid him self of something unwanted |
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'sun-stunned, sand smothered land or six-feet-under in desert sand' |
Sibilance gives impression of sinister dream like state |
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'his bloody life in my bloody hands.' |
Pun, dark humour. Represent anger Poem ends with sense of despair. |
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Theme |
After effects of war on mental health |
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Last stanza is only 2 lines long |
Represents that he is broken |
