Remains

• Written for "the not dead" which was a documentary about the impacts of war on soldiers after returning home. Remains
• The poem was based on guardsmen tromans who fought in Iraq potentially due to US oil greed. Remains
• Processing memories of war and the violence in Remains

  " sort of inside out, // pain itself, the image of agony. "

  • Gruesome imagery and colloquial language
• The soldiers trying to separate war and home life in Remains

  " Then I'm home on leave. But I blink "

  • Caesura
• The end of the poem Remains where he takes responsibility

  " His bloody life in my bloody hands "

  • Pun an Volta
• Being haunted by Guilt in Remains

  " His blood shadow stays on the street … I walk over it week after week "

  • Pronoun instead of name is used dehumanising the victim
  • Metaphor of how killing leaves permanent guilt and follows you like a shadow
  • Alliteration emphasises that he cannot escape