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1
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Who wrote the poem ‘War Photographer’?

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Carol Ann Duffy

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Why does Carol Ann Duffy present the photographer as relieved to be alone?

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Because he needs time to digest what he has witnessed.

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The photographer arranges the photographs into ‘ordered rows’ because…

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…he wants to bring order to the chaos he’s seen.

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Carol Ann Duffy compares the photographer to a priest because…

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…she thinks photographs can carry a message like a mass.

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‘All flesh is grass’ means…

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…life is fragile. It can come and go.

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Why did the photographer’s hands not tremble when he took the photographs?

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Because he had to remain professional and get the job done.

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Which country was the photo ‘Napalm Girl’ taken in?

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Vietnam

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Why does Carol Ann Duffy describe the image of the dying man as ‘a half-formed ghost’?

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Because the image is slowly developing in front of him, the man is now dead so seems like a ghost and the photographer finds the image haunting.

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Why do you think the wife allowed the photographer to take a picture of him dying?

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She wanted the world to see his suffering, give them a message and make them stop and help.

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Why does the photographer describe his job as doing ‘what someone must’?

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He feels that the world must learn of the horrors of war.

He feels he has a responsibility.

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What is the theme of the poem?

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Isolation and Suffering

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What effect does the religious imagery create?

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Conveys his dedication to his occupation

Shows how he is too often exposed to life and death

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What is Sunday’s supplement?

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A regular additional section placed in a Sunday newspaper

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What is the colour of the light in the darkroom and what does it connote?

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Red - connotations of blood and pain

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Fill in the blank: “A stranger’s features ______ start to twist before his eyes,”

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faintly

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Fill in the blank: “The reader’s _______ prick with tears between the ____ and pre-lunch _____”

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eyeballs; bath; beers

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What was War Photographer based on?

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Vietnam War

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Fill in the blank: “…beneath his hands, which did not ____ then though they seem to now.”

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tremble

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Which quote shows our increasing indifference to the victims of conflict?

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“stares impassively…and they do not care”

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Fill in the blank:

“to fields which don’t explode beneath the feet ______________”

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of running children

21
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Which religion is symbolized by the red light?

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Catholicism

22
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He goes home to what?

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‘Ordinary pain’

23
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What does Duffy mean by ordinary pain?

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Westerners have it easy

24
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The imagery of ‘fields that don’t explode…running children’ is a reference to what?

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The Napalm Girl

25
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‘The Nightmare Heat’ in this line refers to what?

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The gas burning her body.

26
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In the third stanza, the photographer experiences something strange, this is

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Flashback

27
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What’s the effect of the verb ‘prick’ to describe the readers reacting to the pictures?

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They are affected only for a moment

28
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What is the inspiration behind the poem?

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Duffy’s own friendship with a war photographer

29
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What does Duffy explore in the poem?

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The complex and potentially controversial role of a war photographer, who is so close to horrific events but can do nothing to help

30
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What are the four focus points of the poem?

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1) The photographer
2) The images of war zones
3) The lack of care of those living a safe life
4) Brief reflection of the nonchalance (lack of interest or empathy) towards the suffering

31
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What rhyme scheme does the poem follow?

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ABBCDD

32
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What could the rhyme scheme reflect?

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The photographer’s futile attempt to establish order in a chaotic and distressing situation

33
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Give examples of images of pain in the poem:

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“Running children in nightmare heat”
“Cries of this man#s wife”
“Blood-stained”
“Fields which don’t explode beneath feet”

34
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Give examples of images of comfort in the poem:

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“Rural England”
“Ordinary pain which simple weather can dispel”
“Sunday supplement”
“Eyeball’s prick with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beers”

35
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What are some of the contrasts Carol Ann Duffy draws in War Photographer?

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Images of pain vs images of comfort

Comfortable and safe lives of those not experiencing war vs horror of those experiencing war

36
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Give an example of the use of caesura in the poem:

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“Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh.”

37
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What is the effect of caesura/one-word sentences?

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Gives the poem a stop-start feel.

Could reflect the casual and dismissive tone of those unaffected by suffering.

38
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What could the poem’s neat and ordered form on the page mimic?

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The way war photographers have to have a practical, emotionless approach to their work as they face the chaos of war

39
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What quote from War Photographer suggests the speaker feels relief?

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“Finally alone”

40
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What quotations show that the photographer is associated with a priest?

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“as though this were the church and he / a priest, preparing to intone a mass”

“The only light is red and softly glows”

41
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What is the quotation “the only light is red and softly glows” a reference to?

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The continuous red light in catholic churches that symbolises Christ’s presence.

42
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What does the quote “All flesh is grass” highlight?

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The scale of bloodshed

It also creates a gruesome image in the reader’s head

43
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What quotation is also a quote from the bible and means that human life is temporary?

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“All flesh is grass”

44
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What quotation does the photographer refer to children and why?

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“Running children in nightmare heat”

To remind the reader of the innocent lives affected by war

45
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What quotation uses sibilance and why?

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“Spools of suffering set out in ordered rows”

The photographer is trying to make sense of something so horrific, which is emphasised by the sibilance

46
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What quote is designed to make the reader understand the intensity of suffering caused by the war?

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“A hundred agonies in black and white”

47
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What poems could you compare to War Photographer on the theme of reality of conflict?

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Remains
Bayonet Charge
Poppies

48
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What poems could you compare to War Photographer on the theme of conflicting emotions?

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Kamikaze
Remains
The Emigree

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