War photographer by Carol Ann Duffy

Question 1

“The reader’s eyeballs prick/with tears between the bath a pre-lunch beers”

Answer 1

Duffy uses an internal rhyme to emphasise how quickly readers will forget the photos of suffering in war that they have seen in newspaper - the “tears” they cry will soon be replaced by “beers”

Question 2

Structure

Answer 2

In ‘London’, the narrative begins and ends on the dismal streets of London, suggesting that it’s inhabitants are unable to escape the suffering found there. In contrast, ‘War photographer’ ends in a different place to where it begin. However, the fact that the photographer is starting another assignment highlights the unending cycle of war