WAR PHOTOGRAPHER

Question 1

Context:

Answer 1

Poet -
Duffy

Question 2

Form and Structure

Answer 2

Third-person narrative -
Inside man’s thoughts

Regular rhyme scheme -
Constant routine each time he develops his photos.

Enjambment -
The gradual reveal of photographs during the development
Long-lasting effects of war on those who are directly involved

Caesura -

Enjambment -

Question 3

Compare with…

Answer 3

Remains -
Impact of war

Charge of the Light Brigade - the difference
supports patriotic propaganda

Exposure -
Hard realities of war

Question 4

“spools of suffering set out in order rows”

Answer 4

Extended Metaphor -
The photographer preaches to his congregation
a sense of ritual as he does the same thing over and over.
Alternatively, it could echo the array of troops going into battle and, later,
their graves.

Question 5

” A stranger’s features faintly start to twist before his eyes, a half-formed ghost.”

Answer 5

‘before his eyes’ - ambiguous
Witnessed the death and took the picture
revisits moment

‘half-formed ghost’ - PTSD
physically mutilated
the photo itself is developing
ghost haunting

Question 6

“The reader’s eyeballs prick”

Answer 6

‘prick’ - quick, fleeting upset experienced by viewers, but then quickly forgotten.

Question 7

“blood stained into foreign dust”

Answer 7

Ambiguous:
-Soldier’s blood sinking into the ground
-Biblical link to ash - symbolises death and repentance

Wants to forget