War Photographer - Key quotes

Question 1

Which quote makes the reader understand the intensity of the suffering of war and the innocent lives affected by it?

Answer 1

‘Running children in nightmare heat’

-Reference to children reminds the readers that innocent lives are ruined

Question 2

Which quote shows the comfort of those back home and contrasts the image of pain set throughout the rest of the poem?

Answer 2

‘The reader’s eyes prick / with tears, between the bath and pre-lunch beers.’

Question 3

Which quote uses a biblical reference and a metaphor to highlight the scale of bloodshed during war?

Answer 3

‘All grass is flesh’

• Gruesome imagery ¬> creates horrific image in the mind of reader
• Is also a quote from the bible which means human life is temporary

Question 4

Which metaphorical quote hints at the photographer’s efforts to understand and order something so horrific?

Answer 4

‘Spools of suffering set out in ordered rows’

-It’s a metaphor for the pictures that represent realities of conflict

Question 5

Which quote emphasises the suffering of war by referring to the photographs?

Answer 5

‘A hundred agonies in black and white’

Question 6

Which themes appear in the War photographer?

Answer 6

• Conflicting emotions

- Reality of conflict

Question 7

Which 3 poems can war photographer be compared to when talking about conflicting emotions?

Answer 7

• Kamikaze
• Remains
• The emigree

Question 8

Which 3 poems can war photographer be compared to when talking about the reality of conflict?

Answer 8

• Remains
• Bayonet Charge
• Poppies