Poem - War Photographer

Question 1

A religious semantic field is created in the first stanza

Answer 1

“Mass”, “Priest”, “Church”.

Question 2

War Photographer uses this biblical reference to show how life is short.

Answer 2

All flesh is grass

Question 3

A conversational rhythm is shown by using different structure and punctuation such as…

Answer 3

Regular rhyme, enjambement, caesurae

Question 4

Carol Ann Duffy has end-stopped each stanza, like the photographer’s…..

Answer 4

Ordered rows

Question 5

The description of his tears, shows how the photographer’s tears dont just appear, but they hurt.

Answer 5

Prick

Question 6

The seriousness of War Photographer is undermined by internal rhyme of the word

Answer 6

Beers

Question 7

This poem concentrates on the little effect conflict has on the…

Answer 7

Public who view the photographer’s pictures; and how sad this makes the photographer feel.

Question 8

This quote shows how we - the public - should not complain about the conditions in Britain.

Answer 8

Fields which dont explode beneath the feet

Question 9

The soldier’s are shown to not question authority. They have no individuality

Answer 9

are all of the same mind

Question 10

This has a dehumanising effect. The man is shown to be an object

Answer 10

Looter

Question 11

The dehumanising effect of combat on soldiers is explored in the poem through the description of the shooting. The soldiers seem to show complete indifference towards human life.

Answer 11

The way the other soldier picks up the man’s ‘guts’ suggests that this event is normal and the word ‘tosses’ implies that the victim’s life is of no worth