stanza 4 Flashcards

1
Q

A hundred agonies

A

Connotations of extreme pain - highlights the suffering of these people.

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2
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from which his editor will pick out five or six

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Careless indifference of editor shows how little we care for the people suffering far away

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3
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Sunday’s supplement.

A

add on

not good or important enough for its own page

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4
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The reader’s eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beers

A

insincere response from us - we feel pity for a while but then return to over indulgent lives

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5
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he stares impassively

A

He doesn’t feel that he belongs to either world.

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6
Q

From the aeroplane he stares impassively at where

he earns his living and they do not care

A

Growing acceptance that despite
his best efforts his photos will make
no difference.

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