poppies

• "pinned one onto your lapel"

  • foreshadows when she has to wear on rememberance for her own child
• "playground voice catching on the wind"

  • lasting image of her holding onto the past as it is the only thing she has left
• lament: a passionate expression of grief or sorrow

  • she never gets closure about what happened to the child
  • can never fully grieve
• "before"

  • repition to show she wants to remember the happy moments
  • cant let go of the pas