war photographer Flashcards
who was the poem based on ?
phillip jones griffiths.duffy wrote the poem , war photographer being inspired by his friendship with don cullin and philp jones griffiths.
how war photographer shows guilt?
he takes a picture ,because he has to show people what is happening but can’t do anything else to help.emphasises the misery of suffering they show. hsows the lack of emotion that the editor shows when faced with these images.he odesn’t have have the same connection.
what is the poem war photographer about?
war photographer is a poem by scotish writer carol ann duffy, the united kingdoms’ poet laurete from 2009 to 2019. origanaly published in 1985, war photographer depicts the expirences of a photographer who returns home to england to devlop the hundreds of photos he has taken in a unspecifed war zone. an upside down world.
the themes of war photographer
it explores themes of despair, introspect, guilt, sorrow and suffering.it’s narrator is a photographer and this poem is about how he deals with trawmatic experiences during taking photographs.it creates a fearful atomosphere through duffy’s use of world choice and techniques.
why did duffy write war photographer ?
duffy was inspired to write this poem by her friendship with a war photographer. she was especially intriged by the peculiar challenge faced by these people whose job requires them to record horrific events without directly being able to help.
the message of the poem war photographer.
duffy’s poem is about how we deal with suffering of others, who might be far away takes the character of war photographer to represent someone more involved and committed than we are. duffy appears to admire the photographer and be critical of the rest of us . the poem is powerfully anti-war.
the structure of war photographer
the poem is laid out in four regularsix-line stanzas , with each stanza ending in a ryming couplet.this structure is intresting since it’s very rigid oder contrasts with the chaotic,disturbing images described in the poem.
how does war photographer show the effects of war?
it portarys the image more vividly and brings life through the memory.the poem uses forms of alliteration to highlight the sense of panic and disoder ,as emphasis the violence that they would have witnessed, demonstrating the effects of war and conflict.
