stanza 4 Flashcards
A hundred agonies
Connotations of extreme pain - highlights the suffering of these people.
from which his editor will pick out five or six
Careless indifference of editor shows how little we care for the people suffering far away
Sunday’s supplement.
add on
not good or important enough for its own page
The reader’s eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beers
insincere response from us - we feel pity for a while but then return to over indulgent lives
he stares impassively
He doesn’t feel that he belongs to either world.
From the aeroplane he stares impassively at where
he earns his living and they do not care
Growing acceptance that despite
his best efforts his photos will make
no difference.