War Photographer Flashcards
1
Q
“Spools of suffering”
A
- sibilance
- he has to relive the scenes that he’d captured
2
Q
“Which did not tremble then though seem to now”
A
- the pictures didn’t affect him in the warzone but now he is stressed
- he may have PTSD
3
Q
“A hundred agonies in black and white”
A
- so many people are suffering
- “black and white” -> highlights the pure realness of the photos
4
Q
“The readers eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beers.”
A
- mid-line rhyme -> suggests that people just forget about the pictures
- he has seen all the suffering and people just flick through the pictures and dont really care
- it only matters for a few minutes
5
Q
What are the key themes in War Photographer?
A
- reality of war
- effects of war
- memory
- anger
- guilt
6
Q
Who was Carol Ann Duffy?
A
- she was brought up a Catholic
- poet laureate (the first female)
- openly bisexual
7
Q
What inspired Carol Ann Duffy to write War Photographer?
A
- she knew two War Photographers
- she sympathises with what they see and do
- she was fascinated by their motifs and the choice they made between recording horrific images and helping
8
Q
Why does she focus on one person/family?
A
- to make it more personal
- talking about a family makes people think of their family -> like a rhetorical question = what if it was you?
9
Q
Why is there a paradox between the chaos and suffering and “ordered rows”?
A
- to present the idea that war is a mess
- it is all jumbled up
- yet war graves are ordered precisely into regiments and rows
