war photographer

On going themes through out the play:

relion 

death 

"all flesh is grass "

-This is a biblical quote from both Isiah:40, in the Old Testament. This continues the religious theme in the funeral metaphor and signifies the transient nature of life, especially during times of conflict- when one death can mean so little.(The statistics fail to explain the suffering of the individual people.)

structure

-Note the rhyme scheme, with ‘rows’ and ‘glows’ in lines two and three, and ‘Mass’ and ‘grass’ in lines five and six. This pattern is continued throughout the poem. The couplets suggest tightness and restraint. It implies that the photographer has to keep his emotions in check.

-This is also a metaphor that represents the bodies not returning to…