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Power and Conflict Quote Analysis:
Essay structure:

Intro:
1.​ Establish key themes
2.​ Summarise Poem 1
3.​ Summarise Poem 2
4.​ Add comparable context link + link back to themes
E.g. In Both Simon Amritage’s ‘Remains’ and Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘War Photographer,’ they aim to
discuss the traumatic effects of warfare, and how the mental repercussions are relentless and
haunting. Whilst Remains looks at tragedy through the lens of a soldier's PTSD, War
photographer takes into account the brutal experience of someone not directly involved.
However, they both explore personas that have first-hand experience of a war zone but are no
longer within it- integrating how the graphic horrors stay with them. Both Armitage and Duffy
have been poet laureate- thus, they both have messages which would reach a vast audience
and so their poetry has a purpose to teach, criticise and raise awareness.

Form and structure:
1.​ Form Comparison
2.​ Form in Poem A
3.​ Form in Poem B
4.​ Structure Comparison
5.​ Structure in Poem A
6.​ Structure in Poem B
7.​ Final Form and Structure comparison:
E.g Both Poems are written in the present tense to bring war into the current
moment-exploring the haunting effects of trauma. Furthermore, In Both poems the poets utilise
caesura to depict separation from a warzone. In remains, there is an attempt of detachment,
such as in the quote, “Then I’m home on leave.” The full stop should be the barrier between
“home” and the war, yet as the line continues after it, this barrier is never really created.
Similarly, in war photography the causera stands to represent the barrier between war zones
and the western world, to showcase how the expectation is that the horrors of warfare remain
on the battlefield. Therefore, the poets both utilise form and structure to highlight both the
sempiternal and traumatic effects of warfare.

,Main Paragraph 1:
1.​ Point about Poem A
2.​ Evidence for Poem A
3.​ Ao1
4.​ Broad comparison
5.​ Zoom in (Ao2)
6.​ Weave quote from Poem B to compare techniques
7.​ Readers Response for poem A
8.​ Context for Poem A

Main Paragraph 1:
1.​ Comparative connective
2.​ Point about Poem B
3.​ Evidence for Poem B
4.​ Ao1
5.​ Broad comparison
6.​ Zoom in (Ao2)
7.​ Weave quote from Poem A to compare techniques
8.​ Readers Response for poem B
9.​ Context for Poem B


Remains

Form And Structure:
●​ Regular Quatrains- highlights the regularity of his PTSD and the rigid, unrelenting control
it has on him.It may also show how experiences of conflict and the guilt resulting from
them are also a regular part of a soldier's experience in the army.
●​ However, the last stanza is only two lines, contrasting with the regularity of the stanzas
before. This may be to emphasise that the speaker still fools guilt over the death or to
emphasise the speaker's disintegration of mind. However it could also be interpreted to
be the speaker breaking free from the hold that the event had on him, highlighting some
semblance of hope for the future.
●​ The poem is a Dramatic Monologue and is in the present tense. This paints a picture of it
being a traumatic account from memory. Furthermore, the shifts in perspective
throughout the monologue mirrors the soldier coming to terms with his guilt.
●​ Enjambment occurs at key moments of death and suffering, perhaps showing how the
suffering breaks him just as it breaks the structure. It shows how the speaker is unable to

, separate events; his trauma causes all these experiences to be mixed into one
continuous dialogue.

“his bloody life in my bloody hands,”
●​ Overall, this quote utilises graphic imagery as a symbol of guilt, thus to highlight the
soldier's sentiments of genuine remorse and responsibility; which is reflected through
the lack of collective pronouns when he states ‘my bloody hands’. It simultaneously
denotes the entrenched mental repercussions of slaughtering somebody, perhaps
allowing us readers to empathise with victims of PTSD.
●​ In addition, this quote may contrast with “myself and somebody else and somebody
else'' which shows how he is gradually coming to terms with his culpability and guilt
instead of projecting blame-he has begun to internalise it.
●​ Alternatively, it may echo the tragic hero Macbeth when he guiltily pleads: “will all great
neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand.”. Blood is used as a motif for guilt
in both texts, showing how the root cause of the soldier’s suffering is guilt. This may also
insinuate that the soldiers view his killing of the looter as unjust in a similar way to
Macbeth's barbaric slaughtering of the king.
●​ In particular, the use of colloquial language here shows how soldiers are expected to
remain stoic and brave. This may aim to criticise the naivety and blindness of army
generals who simultaneously expect soldiers to deal and turn a blind eye to their trauma
and mental repercussions.
●​ Furthermore, the repetition of the adjective “bloody" could hold a double meaning. On
the one hand, it may aim to reference literal blood from the barbaric death- perhaps
signifying the physical brutalities of conflict, condemning violence as an entire social
construct.
●​ However, it may alternatively be set out as a means of cursing (swearing) at this vivid
memory; perhaps he swears at it in his own mind due to its despairing nature.
●​ To us as a readership, this encourages us to feel both empathetic and impotent towards
the psychological victims of war since, while they go to fight to defend their nation, they
will inevitably come home permanently damaged by the grief of their past experiences.
●​ Contextually, Remains is based on the heart wrenching experience of Guardsman
Tromans who fought in the 2003 Iraq War.and then suffered from PTSD as a result of his
service.
●​ Armitage seeks to highlight the virulent effects of war by exploring the psychological
effects on the soldiers, which contrasts other typical presentations of war as glorious or
noble.

, “Probably armed, possibly not.”
●​ Overall, this quote is repeated throughout the poem, and may stand to signify that he is
still wracked with doubt and guilt as to if the man was truly a threat. It may stand as a
microcosm for the shattering mental repercussions of committing murder in the theatre
of conflict, something that is largely overlooked in contemporary society.
●​ Alternatively, the utilisation of a cyclical structure as the soldier comes back to this
doubtful line later on, may emphasise how he keeps coming back to this thought,
refusing to leave it behind; it suggests his guilt is the crux of his suffering.
●​ In Particular, the anaphora of “probably armed, possibly not” may reinforce this cyclical
and sempiternal mental torment that now plagues the soldiers mind.
●​ Alternatively, the specific syntax of this phrase- the foremost adverb being “probably” -
may symbolise his desire to believe his initial thought- that he was doing the right thing-
whilst still expressing his continual doubt in the later adverb.
●​ Furthemore, the repetition of the plosive ‘p’ may mimic a bullet, emphasising how
specific senses he experienced in the event remain deeply entrenched in his mind. The
use of phonetics further supports the destructing mental torture that these soldiers are
forced to endure, as it also creates destruction to the flow of speech.
●​ To us as a contemporary readership, this quote almost forces us to question the soldier's
culpability, however perhaps more deeply encourages us to empathise with the mental
torment and confusion of the soldier as he is left to live with the consequences of his
own actions.
●​ Contextually, Remains is based on the heart wrenching experience of Guardsman
Tromans who fought in the 2003 Iraq War and then suffered from PTSD as a result of his
service.
●​ Armitage seeks to highlight the virulent effects of war by exploring the psychological
consequences it has on the soldiers, which contrasts other typical presentations of war
as glorious or noble.

“Three of a kind” and “all of the same mind”
●​ Overall this quote suggests that war almost causes soldiers to lose their humanity and
individuality- as they are all conditioned to be the same stoic and emotionless
marionette (puppet) of the army. This may be emblematic of Armitages' critique of the
dehumanising and destructing reality of war, despite the pride nobility that is promised.
●​ Alternatively, “three of a kind” could also be referencing Poker, showing how these
traumatic events are almost meant to be a game for the soldiers. This epitomises the
unrighteous and wrong stereotypes surrounding the concept of war- perhaps serving as
a didactic confrontation of the army generals' insensitive behaviour.
●​ In Particular, the phrase “a kind” almost collectives the soldiers, dehumanising them and

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