War Photographer Flashcards
Who wrote the poem
carol Ann Duffy
Form
Four stanzas of equal length and a regular rhyme scheme ‘set out in ordered rows’echoing the care that the photographer takes care over his work. The use of the enjambment reflects a gradual revealing of the photo as it develops
Structure
Follows the actions and thoughts of the photographer in his darkroom. Distinct change on the third stanza , remembers a specific death
Quotes
As though … a priest preparing to intone a mass - seriousness of his work, almost like a funeral mass
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To do what someone must - emphasises that he has an important role in imforming the public of the reality of war
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A hundred agonies in black and white - emotive metaphor to describe his photos
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Sundays supplement - sibilant and plosive sounds - frustration that the photos aren’t considered important enough to feature in the main newspaper
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They do not care - ambiguous , could refer to the newspapers who don’t care or the wider world which is apathetic about others suffering
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They do not care
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The cry’s / of this man’s wife
Blood stained
Tremble
