War Photographer Flashcards
What is the first line and what does it suggest?
-“in his dark room he is finally alone”
-this allows him to escape
Give a quote where sibilance is used
“Spools of suffering set out in ordered rows”
Give a quote about the colour red and connotations
“The only light is red and softly glows”
Connotations of blood and violence but also a womb like safe place
Give a quote where irony is used and suggest how it is used
“His hands which did not tremble then though seem to now”
He wasn’t concerned when taking the photos but is now (PTSD)
Give a quote that’s an allusion to napalm girl
“Feilds which don’t explode beneath the feet of running children in nightmare heat”
Give a quote with a double meaning
“A stranger’s features faintly start to twist before his eyes”
The photo is forming/subject is in pain
Give a metaphor about a ghost
“Half-formed ghost” (pic is literally forming but could be metaphor for death”
Give a quote describing the story of one of his subjects and the impact of it?
“He remembers the cries of this man’s wife, how he sought approval without words to do what someone must”
Personal pronoun of ‘he’ emphasises the nameless ness and how he is one of many
Give a quote about the events having taken place in another country
“How the blood stained into foreign dust”
Adverting responsibilty
Give a quote that can be interpreted as either a newspaper or the ethics of war
“A hundred agonies in black and white”
Give a quote where juxtaposition is used
“The readers eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and pre-lunchbeers”
Tears vs comfortable images
What is the last line and its impact
“Where he earns his living and they do not care”
The collective pronoun created an accusation tone and his resentment
What is the structure of the poem and its meaning?
Four stanzas with rhyming couplets interspaced with non rhyming lines
He is giving order to the chaos in his photos
What is the impact of this poem being written as a narrative leading us through the act of processing photos?
Adds to the detachment
