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Themes in the poem by Jane Weir titled Poppies.
Mind Map by Samantha Claydon, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Samantha Claydon
over 5 years ago
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Themes in Poppies
- Effects of Conflict
- The mother feels detached from her son
before he leaves to go to war and after his death
- Jane Wier implies that when someone you love goes to war it makes you feel like you have been
separated for life away from the person because your first instinct is that they are going to die or be
severely injured
- 'the gelled blackthorns of your hair'
- 'Blackthorns'
- This is a reference to the bible where on Good Friday, Jesus wore a
crown of thorns and was nailed a cross because he sacrificed himself
for Christians.
- This paints an image that the mothers son sacrificed his life to save others but his mother disapproves as she
knows and foreshadows at the end that he is gonna die
- This paints an image that the mothers son sacrificed his life to save others but his mother disapproves as she
knows and foreshadows at the end that he is gonna die
- This is a reference to the bible where on Good Friday, Jesus wore a
crown of thorns and was nailed a cross because he sacrificed himself
for Christians.
- 'Blackthorns'
- Jane Wier implies that when someone you love goes to war it makes you feel like you have been
separated for life away from the person because your first instinct is that they are going to die or be
severely injured
- The mother feels detached from her son
before he leaves to go to war and after his death
- Loss and Absence
- Memory
- Identitiy
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