War Photographer Flashcards
“running ________ in a _________ _____”
“Running children in a nightmare heat”
“a ________ agonies”
“a hundred agonies”
“all _____ is _____”
“all flesh is grass”
“blood ______”
“Blood stained”
Context
-poem refers to a famous photograph called “The Terrors of War” taken during the Vietnam war
-Carol Ann Duffy was friends with two war photographers so may have influenced her to write from the perspective of one
-She shows a war photographer haunted by the many memories of the many horrors he has witnessed around the world
Structure
Cyclical structure that ends with the war photographer going back to the warzone suggesting the futility of war
“Home ______/To ________ pain which ______ _______ can ______”
“Home again/To ordinary pain which simple weather can dispel”
