War Photgrapher Flashcards
Who wrote War Photographer?
Carol Ann Duffy
When was War Photographer published?
1985
What is the theme of the poem?
The impossibility of showing the true horrors of war.
“In his dark…”
“In his dark room hr is finally alone”
“Spools of…”
“Spools of suffering set out in ordered rows”
“The reader’s eyeballs…”
“The reader’s eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and the pre-lunch beers”
What does “The reader’s eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and the pre-lunch beers” suggest?
The people in England forget
What structural features display tight control in the poem?
- 4 stanzas of 6 lines
- Abbcdd rhyme scheme
What does the tight structure in the poem reflect?
The war photographer’s job who is trying to impose order on the chaos of war.
What structural features juxtapose the tight structure?
As the structure remains unchanged throughout it reflects how the war photographer’s efforts are futile as he cannot control the chaos of war.
Why is “Rural England” between 2 full stops?
To separate it completely from what is going on at war, emphasizing how we do not understand the true horrors of war.
What structural device is placing “Rural England” between 2 full stops?
Caesura
What does the half rhyme “tears between the bath and the pre-lunch beers” do to the speed of the poem?
It quickens the speed.
Why is the speed of the poem quickened in the line “tears between the bath and the pre-lunch beers”?
To emphasize how quickly we forget about the photographs-we do not truly care.
What does the adjective “dark” suggest about the room?
It is evil-even when the photographer is away from war he cannot escape negativity.
