Compare the ways poets present ideas about personal experience in ‘Remains’ and in one other poem from Power And Conflict.
(30 marks)
Both poets present ideas about personal experience in many different ways by using the power of memory.
Simon Armitage presents ideas about his personal experiences in many different ways for example: the change of narrative voice, he starts of in first person plural using pronouns such as ‘we’ and ends in first person using pronouns such as ‘I’. The use of the change in narrative voice highlights how it was once a collective experience but now a personal experience. In addition, Armitage also uses the determiner ‘another’ this may suggest he has witnessed things similar to the shooting or it has happened more than once, justifying the amplification of war. This links to War Photographer, as the Photographer feels guilt just like the soldier due to the results of warfare for example: ‘He remembers the cries of this man’s wife’. The speaker feels guilty due to the things they have done because of warfare( taking photos of dying people rather than helping them).