poppies

• context

  • writer was a textile designer.
  • the poem is about a mother who describes her son leaving home to fight in the army and her emotional reaction to her son leaving.
• Themes

  • effect of conflict
  • loss/absence
  • memory
  • identity
  • fear
  • individual experiences
• quote

  ”…crimped petals, spasms of paper red” (metaphor)
• quote

  “all my words flattend, rolled, turned into felt, /slowly melting” ( metaphor )
• quote

  ”…the world overflowing like a treasure chest” ( simile )