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7 Cards in this Set
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Graphical imagery |
''it rips through life'' -Violent metaphor contrasts shockingly with the colloquial style of the first two stanzas |
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Colloquial Language |
''Legs up'' -Colloquial expression -Makes it sound like and ordinary anecdote -chatty, familar language make it sound like they are telling a story -Also trivialises the mans death |
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Repetition |
''all'' ''all three'' -sounds like hes keen to let us no that he isnt the only one -makes him seem guilty |
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Form |
-No regular line length/rhyme scheme -sounds like a story -from ''we'' to ''i'' makes it more personal and sounding like a confession -the final couplet are at the same metre- gives the feeling of finality and hints that the guilt will stay |
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Structure |
-seems amusing anecdote but turns to graphic decription -Volta in the 5th line ''well'' -his tone, thought and emotions are change by guilt |
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Context |
This is based on the account of a soldier that served in iraq |
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Themes |
Memory, effects of conflict, individual experiences |
