War Photographer Flashcards
Who wrote War Photographer ?
Carol Ann Duffy
What is the context of War Photographer ?
- War photographers fulfil a very dangerous job
- a picture does not always tell a full story
What is the Plot in War Photographer?
- journey of a man who returns from a war-torn land to develop his photographs.
-violence in the war zones is contrasted with the nonchalant attitude of the Western world
-photographer is dismayed, as he leaves to go to work again
What structural features were used in War Photographer?
Narrative
Third person perspective
Flashback
Enjambment
Both rhyming couplets and non-rhyming lines
4 stanzas
How are metaphors used in War Photographer?
spools of suffering set out in ordered rows
How is juxtaposition used in War Photographer?
rural England. home again to normal pain
How is PTSD shown in War Photographer?
He remembers the cries of the man’s wife
What is the last line of the poem in War Photographer?
he earns his living and they do not care
How is Volta used in the start of the 3rd stanza in War Photographer?
something is happening
How is physical PTSD shown in War Photographer?
hands…did not tremble but seem to now
