Remians - Simon Armitage

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GCSE English Literature Flashcards on Remians - Simon Armitage, created by Alex, Barry Devine on 10/01/2020.
Alex, Barry Devine
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Remains - Simon Armitage Subject: About - a group of soldiers - shoot a man, running away from a bank raid - involved in, graphic detail. The soldier, telling the story, he wasn't if the man was armed or not. This plays on his mind, haunted by the man he killed.
Remains - Simon Armitage Form: Not a regular Rhyme scheme, like telling story. The story starts with a 1st person plural 'We', then it goes into 1st person singular 'I'. Structure: Starts of like an amusing story, it becomes a graphic description - a mans death. Clear Volta (turning point) - Stanza - Volta, feels guilty. Graphic Imagery - mans death, gory - horrors of war. tells us about modern life - desensitised to violence. Colloguiel Language - 4 Stanza's.
Remains - Simon Armitage - Quotes ' End of story, except not really. His blood-shadow stays on the street, and out on patrol I walk right over it week after ' ' he's here in my head when I close my eyes, dug in behind enemy lines ' ' his bloody life in my bloody hands '
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