War Photographer - Carol Ann Duffy

Question 1

Structure

Answer 1

• Caesura = end of life, key pauses/conflict should stop
• Random enjambment = chaos of war
• Rhyming couplets = Using them ironically/show bitterness & regret

Question 2

Meaning

Answer 2

• Show the reality of conflict and how it is perceived by Britain
• Indifference in non-war torn countries

Question 3

Imagery

Answer 3

• “spools of suffering” set out in ordered rows” - Metaphor

Question 4

Language

Answer 4

• “half-formed ghost” - Metaphor
• “All flesh is grass” - Metaphor

Question 5

Effect

Answer 5

• Makes the reader aware of how bad conflict can be and realise we are desensitised to conflict
• Lose our indifference