War Photographer (IMPORTANT)

Question 1

War photographer: context

Answer 1

“running children in a nightmare heat” alluded to “Napalm girl”

critiques how over time the impact of war photography is depleting

Duffy didn’t advocate for traditional convention, she was not an establishment poet

Question 2

War photographer (FORM)

Answer 2

4 stanzas of equal length with a regular rhyme scheme could be a metaphor for how structure artificially imposed over chaos and disorder of war

Question 3

War photographer (Structure)

Answer 3

cyclical structure as photographer returns to a war zone at the end. conveys enduring cycle of war and agony

enjambment and caesura: enjambment represents gradual revealing, caesura reiterates notion of detachment