War Photographer Flashcards
Context of War Photographer
- People felt sad when they first see the news, but quickly forget it
- Commenting on societies lack of care
- People don’t pay enough attention or do enough to help
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“Spools of Suffering set out in ordered rows”
Spools of Suffering (sibilance) = to emphasise the pain they represent
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“Spools of Suffering set out in ordered rows”
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ordered (adjective) = photographer is trying to create neatness out of the chaos of pain
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“Runing children in a nightmare heat”
children (noun) = to show how the innocent were badly affected by war.
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“Runing children in a nightmare heat”
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nightmare (noun) = to represent the horrors he saw in the war zones
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“The reader’s eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beers”
prick (Verb) = Readers only affected for a moment
“The reader’s eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beers”
Phrase to suggest they’ve more pleasureable things on mind!
In terms of Form and Strucutre…
Darkened Room
Begins inside a darkned room. This represents a depressing and isolating place to reflect on the horrors he saw in the war zones
In Terms of Forms and Structure
Although, suffering ,normality
Although the poem is about violence and suffering, the poet has used regular stanzas and regular rhyme scheme. This suggests the war photographer’s attempting to contrasts with violent images he had seen and trying to create normality in his life.
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“Spools of Suffering set out in ordered rows”
“Runing children in a nightmare heat”
“The reader’s eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beers”
