Remains

Remains

Simon Armitage (b. 1963)-still alive
1. known for colloquial style
  1. casual language- often spoken
  2. and dark humour
2. often a strong narrator
  1. isn't poet
3. interviewed soldiers for the content of the poem
PTSD
1. Traumatic events
  1. Immediately afterwards
  2. Much later
  3. such as...
    1. traumatic road accidents
    2. violent personal assaults (sexual assault, mugging or robbery)
    3. prolonged sexual abuse,violence or severe neglect
    4. witnessing violent deaths
    5. military combat
    6. being held hostage
    7. terrorist attacks
    8. natural disasters
2. Effects 1 in every 3 people who have experienced a traumatic event
3. Damaging
  1. relive the experience- flashbacks
  2. depression like symptoms
    1. constant negative thoughts
    2. anxiety
    3. self harming and destructive behaviour
  3. nightmares
  4. distressing images or sensations
  5. physical sensations
    1. pain
    2. sweating
    3. nausea
    4. trembling
    5. headaches, dizziness
    6. head pains and stomach pains
  6. avoidance
  7. irritability and angry outbursts
  8. insomnia
  9. difficulty concentrating
'Remains'
1. left behind
  1. destroyed
2. Remains of what?
  1. material things
    1. buildings
    2. finances
    3. posessions
  2. emotional things
    1. memories
    2. family and friends
    3. emotions
    4. people
    5. experiences
3. war
  1. destroying society's laws
    1. not applicable in a war zone
  2. remains of a person
    1. after training
      1. soldier
        empty shell
    2. civilians
      1. families
Poem and quotes
1. 'On another occassion'
  1. first line
  2. happened before
  3. loads of times
2. 'looters'
  1. robber
    1. might not have been bad people
      1. likely to be civilian
        not military trained
  2. civilization falling apart
    1. war devastates everything
3. 'probably armed, possibly not'
  1. unsure
  2. comma separating
    1. quick decision
      1. has to make it
      2. has been trained to make it
      3. if he doesn't he or someone else is dead
  3. repetition of 'p' sound
    1. fast bullets
    2. split seconds
4. 'Well myself and somebody else and somebody else'
  1. 'Well...'
    1. colloquial
      1. conversation
        giving time to work out what to say
        speech
        processing
        doesn't need to be there
    2. Hedge
  2. 'somebody'
    1. doesn't want to name
      1. would make them real
    2. can't remember them
  3. 'All of the same mind'
    1. been trained
      1. emphasis on being the same
        all thinking the same
        gun or not?
        unit together
      2. copies
        no flaws
    2. In the same stanza there are lots of plural pronouns such as 'us'

Next up

Description

Resource summary

Similar

	Created by Lucy Cowton almost 7 years ago