Shad Ahmad Poetry Quotes
Remains:
“The drinks and the drugs won't flush him out”.
“His bloody life in my bloody hands”.
“He’s in my head when I close my eyes”.
Repetition of “Probably armed, possibly not” – guilt and bitterness.
Enjambment – fast pace, especially when conveying horror of killing – violence is never ending.
Exposure:
“Our brains ache”.
“Merciless iced winds knive us” – sibilance too -> cutting and slicing of wind.
Cyclical structure – repetition of “but nothing happens”.
ABBA rhyme scheme and iambic hexameter – constant battering of storm; or emphasises monotony (repetitive,
boring, tiring)
Poppies:
“Hoping to hear your playground voice catching on the wind”.
“All my words flattened, rolled, turned into felt”.
Semantic field of childhood – “Play at being Eskimos”, “Bedroom”, “cat hairs”.
Lots of caesura – she is trying to hold it together, but can’t speak fluently; she’s breaking inside.
Charge of the Light Brigade:
Remains:
“The drinks and the drugs won't flush him out”.
“His bloody life in my bloody hands”.
“He’s in my head when I close my eyes”.
Repetition of “Probably armed, possibly not” – guilt and bitterness.
Enjambment – fast pace, especially when conveying horror of killing – violence is never ending.
Exposure:
“Our brains ache”.
“Merciless iced winds knive us” – sibilance too -> cutting and slicing of wind.
Cyclical structure – repetition of “but nothing happens”.
ABBA rhyme scheme and iambic hexameter – constant battering of storm; or emphasises monotony (repetitive,
boring, tiring)
Poppies:
“Hoping to hear your playground voice catching on the wind”.
“All my words flattened, rolled, turned into felt”.
Semantic field of childhood – “Play at being Eskimos”, “Bedroom”, “cat hairs”.
Lots of caesura – she is trying to hold it together, but can’t speak fluently; she’s breaking inside.
Charge of the Light Brigade:
