The order that a poet decides to put their sentences in can affect the meaning of a poem.

“On another occasion we get sent out” He seems relaxed, he doesn’t seem bothered at the beginning of the poem. He’s telling a story. “His bloody life in my bloody hands.” The speaker has become depressed.

The last verse is two lines so it stands out. This helps the poet to focus on the guilt of the speaker.

“The drink and drugs won’t flush him out-/ he’s here in my head when I close my eyes” The enjambement helps the poet contain his point about how the man cannot get away from the image of the dead man in his head.

The structure of Armitage’s poem communicates a feeling of guilt. In the beginning, the speaker seems calm and relaxed, the first part just explains the situation. Followed by a violent turn  “…hit this looter a dozen times and he’s there on the ground, sort of inside out… tosses his guts back into his body”. From this point we get a sense that Armitage starts to feel guilty. “End of story, except not really” is a powerful phrase