War Photographer

Question 1

Dark, spools of suffering set

Answer 1

Sibilance –> highlights the trauma and suffering he’s seen with a sinister tone

Question 2

ordered rows

Answer 2

Imagery of war graves –> This juxtaposes the order of photos with the chaos of war

Question 3

The only light is red

Answer 3

Connotations to blood shed at war and red light in a dark photography room

Question 4

The only light is red

Answer 4

Connotations to blood shed at war and red light in a dark photography room

Question 5

church

Answer 5

Religious references –> His work is sacred to him

Question 6

church

Answer 6

Religious references –> His work is sacred to the photographer

Question 7

All flesh is grass

Answer 7

Bible reference –> Life is transitory

Question 8

Belfast. Beirut. Phenom. Penh.

Answer 8

Plosives –> Highlights the harshness of war with a quick-fire pace

Question 9

He has a job to do.

Answer 9

Short sentence –> Emotionless –> He knows he should be dispassionate

Question 10

.Rural England.

Answer 10

Caesura –> Separation of England from war

Question 10

.Rural England.

Answer 10

Caesura –> Separation of England from war

Question 11

to ordinary pain which simple weather

Answer 11

Simplicity of life –> Indicates the peacefulness of England

Question 12

Something is happening.

Answer 12

Volta –> Short sentence is mysterious and puts the reader on the edge

Question 13

blood stained into foreign dust

Answer 13

Hints that people’s lives outside the West were less valuable

Question 14

A hundred agonies

Answer 14

Hyperbole –> Illustrates the vast amount of suffering the photographer sees on his global travels

Question 15

tears… pre-lunch beers

Answer 15

Mid-line Rhyme –> Speed of forgetting and emotions are inauthentic

Question 16

Sunday’s supplement

Answer 16

Sibilance –> It will all be whittled down to a few images for a newspaper

Question 17

Impassively…do not care

Answer 17

Adverb and imperative verb has a defeated tone –> He feels disillusioned and powerless

Question 18

What structure does this poem have and why?

Answer 18

Cyclical. Emphasises how futile his efforts are and the monotony of war

Question 19

How many stanzas and lines does this poem have and why? Is there a rhyme scheme?

Answer 19

The poem is written in 4 stanzas containing 6 lines with a rhyme scheme of ABBC DD. Represents the control attempted to impose on the chaos of war

Question 20

What person is this poem written in and why?

Answer 20

Written in 3rd person. The poet makes it so that the reader learns the internal thoughts of the photographer and so that they gain an understanding of the modern dillema that he faces

Question 21

Which lines are a rhyming couplets? What does it symbolise?

Answer 21

Lines 17-18. Symbolises harmony and unity; signifying the disharmony and separation caused by the war