War Photographer

Question 1

‘Half-formed ghost.’

Answer 1

-metaphor; the picture is HALF developed, inevitably a dead man - looks ghostly.
-The image stays and haunts him, creating a sense of guilt.

Question 2

‘which don’t explode beneath the feet.’

Answer 2

-Life is an nympholepsy to him, the idea of a place where war takes place is embedded in his brain.
-‘explode’- verb creates an image of agony and pain - in depth warfare.

Question 3

Form of War Photographer

Answer 3

-Third person perspective; perspective is detached and distant
-Different perspective of warfare as it isn’t in first.

Question 4

Structure of War photographer

Answer 4

-Cyclical structure, futility of his work

Question 5

Context of War Photographer

Answer 5

-Duffy was a poet laureate was friends with 2 photographers; Duffy presents the narrator as traumatised and haunted - the memories never leave.
-She references to conflict in the world to remind readers of the reality beyond the poem.