Language techniques used in War Photographer by Carol Ann Duffy 2.5 / 5 based on 8 ratings ? English LiteratureAQA AnthologyGCSEAQA Created by: Beata16Created on: 24-05-17 20:04 STANZA ONE: sibilance "spools of suffering" 1 of 12 simile, suggesting imagery of a priest preparing a funeral "The only light is red and softly glows, as though this were a church and he a priest preparing to intone a Mass." 2 of 12 sound that reminds reader of gunshots "Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh." 3 of 12 Metaphor taken from the New Testament "All flesh is grass." 4 of 12 STANZA TWO: sibilance "solutions slop in trays" 5 of 12 irony "his hands, which did not tremble then though seem to now." 6 of 12 vivid imagery "fields which don't explode beneath the feet of running children in a nightmare heat." 7 of 12 STANZA THREE: metaphor "half-formed ghost" 8 of 12 context "how he sought approval without words to do what someone must." 9 of 12 vivid imagery "how the blood stained into foreign dust." 10 of 12 STANZA FOUR: emotive language, symbolism "A hundred agonies in black-and-white" 11 of 12 emotive language "From the aeroplane he stares impassively at where he earns his living and they do not care." 12 of 12
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