war photographer

Question 1

summary

Answer 1

War Photographer is a poem that focuses on a man who is in the process of developing his latest batch of images from his latest war. Without war and all its horrors he wouldn’t have a job, yet to do that job effectively he has to distance himself from the reality of obscene violence.

Question 2

context

Answer 2

• Carol Ann Duffy is a Scottish poet in 2009 became the first women to hold the post of poet Laureate.
• war photographer was published in 1985

Question 3

intention

Answer 3

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Question 4

theme

Answer 4

• pain:the horrific pain of war is contrasted with the ‘ordinary’ pain back home
• detachment:the photographer is detached from is emotions in the war zone so he an do his job
• anger:the poem ends with a sense of anger at the people who don’t care about the suffering of others