P + C War Photographer - Carol Ann Duffy Flashcards

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What is the context of War Photographer?

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The poem follows the journey of a man who returns from a war to develop his photographs. The poem is used to emphasise the horror of warfare and to show how war causes pain and suffering to innocent people

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“A hundred agonies in black and white”

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Establishes the pain and suffering they express

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“Half-formed ghost”

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The use of metaphor conveys how the image is half-developed and shows a dead man. It looks ghostly and haunts the photographer

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“Spools of suffering”

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The image highlights the horrors of warfare

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