Language techniques used in War Photographer by Carol Ann Duffy

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STANZA ONE: sibilance
"spools of suffering"
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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."
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Metaphor taken from the New Testament
"All flesh is grass."
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STANZA TWO: sibilance
"solutions slop in trays"
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irony
"his hands, which did not tremble then though seem to now."
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vivid imagery
"fields which don't explode beneath the feet of running children in a nightmare heat."
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STANZA THREE: metaphor
"half-formed ghost"
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context
"how he sought approval without words to do what someone must."
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vivid imagery
"how the blood stained into foreign dust."
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STANZA FOUR: emotive language, symbolism
"A hundred agonies in black-and-white"
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emotive language
"From the aeroplane he stares impassively at where he earns his living and they do not care."
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simile, suggesting imagery of a priest preparing a funeral

Back

"The only light is red and softly glows, as though this were a church and he a priest preparing to intone a Mass."

Card 3

Front

sound that reminds reader of gunshots

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

Metaphor taken from the New Testament

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

STANZA TWO: sibilance

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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