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Power and Conflict
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Cards (10)
On another
occasion
we got
sent out
I see
every round
as it
rips through
his life
One of my
mates
goes by and
tosses
his
guts
back into his
body
The drink
and the
drugs
won't
flush
him out
but near the
knuckle
, here and now, his
bloody
life in my
bloody
hands
On another occasion we got sent out
One
of
many
Passive language-
dismissal
,
punishment
, expelled from his own
identity
I see every round as it rips through his life
Personal
pronoun- takes
blame
Round-
cyclical
structure of patriotism,
memory
keeps
coming
back
The drink and the drugs won't flush him out
Addiction
trying to
escape
memories
Wide
political
point- soldiers remain with
experiences
, representing
many
soldiers
Metaphor-
image in his head is
waste
he wants to get rid of
One of my mates goes by and tosses his guts back into his body
Colloquial
language-
desensitised
Sibilance-
sinister
mood trying to seem normal
Allusion to being
sick
But near the knuckle, his
bloody
life in my
bloody
hands
Discordance-
shows lack of
control
Literary
allusion- motif of
blood
as guilt
Personal
pronoun-
blames
himself