| Front | Poppies |
|---|---|
| Back | 'the world overflowing like a treasure chest' 'released a songbird from its cage' -a metaphor for the mother's crying 'My stomach busy making tucks, darts, pleats' -metaphor conveying uncertainty 'The dove pulled freely against the sky, an ornamental stitch' -the metaphor of bird and textile imagery to ill together the mothers' feelings of tension and longing for peace 'spasms of paper red' -foreshadowing events or reflecting her fears 'I traced the inscription of the war memorial, leaned against it like a wishbone' -simlie of the mother as vulnerable and fragile |
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