war photographer
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- Created on: 18-05-17 11:42
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- war photographer
- Carol Ann Duffy
- first gay / bisexual person to become poet laureate
- the first female to become poet laureate
- ground breaking with her achevements
- the poem has come from her friends who are both war photograpers
- its more about the background of the person than the picture
- the poem is over 30 years old
- it was written in 1985
- she wrote her first poem at the age of 11
- background of the poem
- the person that she is writing about has no name
- it is mostly based in a photographer photo developing room
- Beirut is a place in Lebanon
- Belfast is the capital of northern Island
- Phnom is a place in Cambodia
- termonology
- onomatopoeia - when a word sounds like what is does
- simile - when something is described using 'like' or 'as'
- metaphor - when something is described as f it is something else
- alliteration- when one or more word starts with the same letter or sounds
- awards
- 1983: National Poetry Competition 1st prize (for Whoever She Was)
- 1983 Greenwich Poetry Competition ("for Words of Absolution")
- 1984: Eric Gregory Award
- 1986: Scottish Arts Council Book Award (for Standing Female Nude)
- 1988: Somerset Maugham Award (for Selling Manhattan)
- 1989: Dylan Thomas Prize
- Carol Ann Duffy
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