Remains

• 'every round as it rips through his life'

  'legs it up the road'


  Shows colloquialism as the speaker takes a conversational tone
• 'somebody else and somebody else'

  'all of the same mind'


  'Somebody else' shows the forgetful nature of war through deliberately keeping the people nameless

  Perhaps in the grand scheme of things their names don't matter but there actions do?

  'all' shows that all soldiers are united in purpose
• 'on another occasion'


  One of many times that something traumatic has happened

  Desensitisation is shown through the casual nature of the phrase
• 'End of story, except not really'


  PTSD?

  Can't escape the haunting memories
• 'But I blink and he bursts again'


  Enjambment is reflective of the rushed mindset

  Can be reflective of the rush that the man was in?

  Reliving event and the repeated guilt that comes along with it

  Could be aggressive due to the word 'bursts'
• 'his bloody life in my bloody hands'


  He still takes responsibility for the deaths

  The 2 different types of bloody shown are the colloquial version and the literal blood covered version
• 'probably armed, possibly not'


  Tries to convince himself that the man was armed through the use of the adverb 'probably' showing that it was the most likely outcome

  Potentially to help deal with the guilt?
• 'the drink and the drugs won't flush him out'


  Shows how PTSD victims try to deal with their mental trauma

  Mix of recreational drugs and medicinal drugs
• 'blood-shadow stays on the street'


  Links in to the title as it remains

  Lingering effects of war being not just about the casualties but the mental struggle that comes along with it