Remains

• 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