War Photographer Flashcards
Who wrote war photographer
Carol Ann Duffy
Context of war photographer
Duffy was inspired to write this due to her very close friendships with 2 respected war photographers
Intrigued by the challenge faced as the job requires them to record horrific events without being able to help
Analysis of title
Conveys to onlookers the idea of theme of death or blood and other such aspects from a specific point of view 
Speaker of war photographer
Third person
Refelects the sense of detachment the photographer feels to the sense of conflict
What is the tone of war photographer
Anger
Makes us question how we react to images of humans suffering
Form of war photographer
Four regular six line stanzas each stanza ending in a rhyming couplet
rigid order contrast chaotic disturbing images in poem
poem follows cyclic structure suggesting the futility of his work
Quote Showing that the photos captured are horrific
Spools of suffering set out in ordered rows
References to the napalm girl
Running children in a nightmare heat
“Showing this is what he must do to make a living
He has a job to do
“Showing the war photographer is annoyed that people are desensitised to war
The readers eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and prelunch beers
Themes of war photographer
Effects of conflict
reality of conflict
memory
anger
guilt
individual experience
