War Photographer Flashcards
Dark, spools of suffering set
Sibilance –> highlights the trauma and suffering he’s seen with a sinister tone
ordered rows
Imagery of war graves –> This juxtaposes the order of photos with the chaos of war
The only light is red
Connotations to blood shed at war and red light in a dark photography room
The only light is red
Connotations to blood shed at war and red light in a dark photography room
church
Religious references –> His work is sacred to him
church
Religious references –> His work is sacred to the photographer
All flesh is grass
Bible reference –> Life is transitory
Belfast. Beirut. Phenom. Penh.
Plosives –> Highlights the harshness of war with a quick-fire pace
He has a job to do.
Short sentence –> Emotionless –> He knows he should be dispassionate
.Rural England.
Caesura –> Separation of England from war
.Rural England.
Caesura –> Separation of England from war
to ordinary pain which simple weather
Simplicity of life –> Indicates the peacefulness of England
Something is happening.
Volta –> Short sentence is mysterious and puts the reader on the edge
blood stained into foreign dust
Hints that people’s lives outside the West were less valuable
A hundred agonies
Hyperbole –> Illustrates the vast amount of suffering the photographer sees on his global travels
tears… pre-lunch beers
Mid-line Rhyme –> Speed of forgetting and emotions are inauthentic
Sunday’s supplement
Sibilance –> It will all be whittled down to a few images for a newspaper
Impassively…do not care
Adverb and imperative verb has a defeated tone –> He feels disillusioned and powerless
What structure does this poem have and why?
Cyclical. Emphasises how futile his efforts are and the monotony of war
How many stanzas and lines does this poem have and why? Is there a rhyme scheme?
The poem is written in 4 stanzas containing 6 lines with a rhyme scheme of ABBC DD. Represents the control attempted to impose on the chaos of war
What person is this poem written in and why?
Written in 3rd person. The poet makes it so that the reader learns the internal thoughts of the photographer and so that they gain an understanding of the modern dillema that he faces
Which lines are a rhyming couplets? What does it symbolise?
Lines 17-18. Symbolises harmony and unity; signifying the disharmony and separation caused by the war
