War Photographer Quotes Flashcards
Poet?
Carol Ann Duffy
What is the perspective (1st,2nd,3rd)
3rd
What does it show contrast of
Pain of war contrasting to ordinary pain at home
Structure
.follows actions+thoughts of photographer in dark room as looks at pics
.changes at start stanza 3-remembering specific death
.final stanza-shifts to way work received
-4stanzas, equal length
Which quote echos the structure of the poem
“Set out in ordered rows” it’s echo’s the care in the work
Fill in blank- “spools of ……… set out …. ………… ……”
“Spools or suffering set out in ordered rows”
Analysis- “spools of suffering set out in ordered rows”
.Echos layout
.sibilance-sticks in head-remember-emphasis pain war
.metaphor-emphasis horrors or war+that job-watching not helping
.contrasts-suffering + ordered rows
Fill in blank- “a hundred ……… in ……. ….. ……..”
“A hundred agonies in black and white”
Analysis- “a hundred agonies in black and white”
.emotive language
.metaphor-describing photos
.confirm and solidify suffering-making it everlasting
Fill in blank- “readers eyeballs …….. …… …….. between the ……. And ……-……. …..”
“Readers eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beers”
Analysis- “Readers eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beers”
.rhyming ‘beer’ and ‘tear’-short duration of sympathy-moved on
-emphasis-feeling bad but will never know true suffering of being there/seeing it
-war horrors
.moved on so fast-fear that repeat horrors?-they don’t understand
Fill in blank- “he ……. …. ……… and …… ……. ……”
“He earns his livings and they don’t care.”
Analysis- “He earns his livings and they don’t care.”
.only cares for reads and money???
-changes mind and acc cares???
.ambiguous-world? Readers? Him?
.numb?-effects of war
.evokes reader response-saddening thing
Extra quote:
Fill in blank- “all …….. is ……..”
“All flesh is grass”
Extra quote:
Analysis- “all flesh is grass”
.metaphor
.religious-from New Testament
Indicates life’s fragilness
.circle of life???
