Information Cards

• Summary

  -a mother sends her son off to war

  -mother is then traumatized about memories

  -son never returns home
• Context

  -poet grew up in Manchester and northern Italy

  -based on ideas of poppies as memorials and therefore the idea of memory

  -sadness but pride linking back to ww2 refrences
• Concepts

  -Identity

  -Internal conflict

  -harsh reality of war

  -bravery
• Structure

  -form is in first person narrative

  -no regular rhyme involved

  -chronological structure and the time frame is ambiguous
• Poet's Messages

  -Loss of identity through change of location/character can lead to a loss in identity through the new societal expectations

  -Fear is focused on as something that follows her

  -Contrast between the loss and freedom a person can have due to a loss of identity
• Comparison

  Kamikaze -> same perspectives but different outcomes