War Photographer Flashcards
Stanza 1 quotes
In his darkroom his finally room
Spools of suffering set out in ordered rows
The only light is red and softly glows
As though this were a church and he a priest
Stanza 2 quotes
Solutions slop in trays
Which did not tremble then though seem to now
Home again to ordinary pain which simple weather can dispel
To fields that don’t explode beneath the feet of children in a nightmare heat
Stanza 3 quotes
A strangers features faintly start to twist before his eyes, a half formed ghost
He remembers the cries of the mans wife
He sought for approval without words to do what someone must
Stanza 4 quotes
A hundred agonies in black and white
The readers eyeballs prick between the bath and prelunch beers
Intordiuction
One poem that explores ……….. is war photographer by carol anne Duffy, the poem follows the devastating mental impact the of the photographer due to his petrifying job. The equation bit is shown althoughout the poem when …….
In his darkroom he is finally alone
W.C of finally emphasises due to job doesn’t get time to himself
Emphasises terrifying job he has
STANZA 1
Spools of suffering set out in ordered rows
METAPHOR
Repition of r emphasises how many rows of gruesome pictures there are
‘Ordered rows’ may be his way of getting order into his life due to chaotic job
‘Ordered rows’ also creates an image of the lines of graves of soldiers as the photos r of dead people
SILIBANCE creates negative atmosphere
STANZA 1
The only light is red and softly glows
‘Only’ emphasises solitude
Work is so time consuming the red light of development room is only one he sees
Red may also symbolise danger
SILIBANCE - dark colours associated with blood shed
CONTRAST between soft and war
STAMZA 1
As though this were a church and he a priest preparing to intone a mass
Metaphor
Compares dark room to church suggests his place of safety and solitude, place for him to refLeft on the images and feel safe
This image compares the photographer to a priest suggesting his work is like spreading the word of god
STANZA 1
Solutions slop in trays
‘Slop’ connotations of messy and no easy fix to war suggesting that Duffy suggests that although the war photographer does his job well not much can be done by him himself
SILIBANCE creates negative atmosphere
STANZA 2
Which did not tremble though seem to now
Suggests due to the gruesome sights photographer suffers from PTSD as he shakes as remembering things due to looking at photos
‘Then’ to ‘now’ shows how has PTSD has gotten worse over time
STAMZA 2
“Home again to ordinary pain which simple wether can dispel”
Pain everywhere just different types of it
Some easily fixable others are complex
STAMZA 2
Fields which don’t explode under the feet of running children in a nightmare heat
Scary comparison which war zone kids and ones at ‘home’ encloses reader more
Nightmare - haunts photographer
Nightmare - people in war zone live in living hell
STANZA 2
A strangers features faintly start to twist before his eyes a half formed ghost
Focus on one picture makes it seem personal , emphasises real suffering from war
Half formed ghost - represents photos developing but also body might be mutilated -ghost, between life and death.
Ghost - incident still haunts him
STANZA 3
He sought approval without words to do what someone must
Couldn’t communicate with wife due to langue barrier or due to not being able to find words due to emotion she would’ve been experiencing
Refers back to image of priest had to attend his final moments
ALLITERATION highlights and adds to strong emotion experienced in said situation
STAMZA 3
