War Photographer

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  • Created on: 12-04-21 14:25
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  • War Photographer
    • Carol Ann Duffy
    • Form
      • 4 stanzas with equal length and a regular rhyme scheme
      • the use of enjambement reflects the gradual revealing of the photo as it develops
    • Structure
      • Poem follows the actions and thoughts of the photographer
        • Religious imagery
          • reference to religion makes it sound like the photographer is a priest
            • sounds like he is conducting a funeral when he's developing the photos
      • Change in 3rd stanza - photographer remember specific death
        • final stanza - focused on the photographer's work
    • Contrast
      • Presents 'Rural England' as a contrast to war zone
        • grieving window is compared with people in England
      • ironic, photographer is detached in the war zone but is attached and affected when home
    • Emotive language
      • poem full of powerful, emotive imagery
        • reflects the sorrow of war seen by the photographer
        • Duffy represents the true horrid of conflict in her work
  • it is 'set out in ordered rows'
    • photographer takes care in his work
    • Form
      • 4 stanzas with equal length and a regular rhyme scheme
      • the use of enjambement reflects the gradual revealing of the photo as it develops

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