POPPIES x WAR PHOTOGRAPHER

Question 1

similarities

Answer 1

enjambment, caesura
rhyme scheme
memory
individual differences 
pain

Question 2

how do they both use enjambment, caesura

Answer 2

P- enjambment gives it an anecdotal tone, nearly all of lines have caesura, trying to hold it together but can’t speak fluently as she is breaking inside
W- enjambment and caesura reinforces the sense that the world is out of order, also reflects gradual revealing of photos as they develop

Question 3

how do they both include rhyme scheme (difference)

Answer 3

P- no rhyme scheme, makes it melancholic (ELEGY, poem of mourning)
W- regular rhyme scheme could suggest photographer must work methodically to produce what editors want, and they avoid any emotion

Question 4

how do they both include memory

Answer 4

P- (whole poem talks about memories of her and her son) ‘the world overflowing/ like a treasure chest’
W- (looking at photo) ‘spools of suffering set out in ordered rows’

Question 5

how do they both include individual differences (difference)

Answer 5

P- a mother’s perspective so topic is much more closer to her ‘ornamental stitch’
W- bystander’s perspective, not really close to him, HOWEVER, he is seeing photos being developed, seeing the gore and reality of it, creating a painful (like P) and detached tone

Question 6

how do they both include pain

Answer 6

P- ‘single dove flew’
W- ‘prick’ suggests pain, but only for a small amount of time, suggests readers will forget about it as it is simplified- LINKS TO ‘a hundred agonies in black and white’