War Photographer Flashcards
Who wrote War Photographer?
Carol Ann Duffy
What phrase tells us where he is but also hints at the subject matter of his photographs?
“darkroom”
What quotation shows that the reels of film are described like soldiers or like rows of war graves and is a paradox that chaos and suffering are reduced to something ordered?
“spools of suffering set out in ordered rows”
also sibilance
What simile shows the seriousness of his work. A solemn act like a funeral mass?
“as though this were a church and he a priest preparing to intone a mass”
What quotation is a quote from the Bible which means that human life is temporary?
“all flesh is grass”
What place names are used in succession of plosive sounds to break the soft mood like gunfire?
“Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh.”
What quotation is a short, simple sentence that uses monosyllabic words to shows that the soldiers have to put their emotions aside?
“he has a job to do”
What quotation creates irony that he was calm in the face of horrors, but now they affect him?
his hands, which did not tremble then”
What soft sounds contrast strongly with the place names in stanza 1?
“Rural England”
What quotation is a reference to the Vietnam war photo which links to the importance of war photography in order to help end war?
“of running children in a nightmare heat”
What quotation in stanza 3 shows a volta which shows the focus switching to the personal cost of war?
“something is happening”
What quotation shows the focusing on one photo and family, making this person and emphasising the real suffering in war?
“a stranger’s features faintly start to twist before his eyes”
What quotation links to the developing photo and also suggests a mutilated body?
“a half-formed ghost”
What quotation emphasises that he has an important role in informing the public of the reality of war?
“to do what someone must”
What quotation is a reminder that this is all happening elsewhere and hints at the lasting impact of war?
“blood stained into foreign dust”
