War Photographer

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  • Created on: 17-06-20 15:17
When was War Photographer written, and by whom?
The poem was written in 1985 by Carol Ann Duffy who was the Poet Laureate from 2009-2019
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Which war is the poem referring to?
The Vietnam War
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What is the photographer conflicted about?
The photographer has experienced the "Nightmare heat" and fields which explode beneath children's feet. This is a stark contrast from "rural England", and by calling it so, it creates a disconnect between his 2 lives, which he's trying to reconcile.
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What is a key theme within the poem?
Duffy intends to shed light onto our indifference to what doesn't affect us. The photographer speaks of the "hundred agonies" they have captured and immediately after, switches to quote a "sunday supplement", the word supplement seeming out of place
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What is a key theme within the poem 2?
"The reader's eyes will ***** between the bath and pre-lunch beers" shows the momentary interest which was interrupted by a meagre event which is more relevant to them.
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How is language used to create this contrast?
Duffy uses graphic language and then follows up with colloquial or domestic language to contrast the 2 different worlds. Examples include "Rural England" followed by "fields which don't explode beneath the feet of running children in a nightmare heat
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The Vietnam War

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Which war is the poem referring to?

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The photographer has experienced the "Nightmare heat" and fields which explode beneath children's feet. This is a stark contrast from "rural England", and by calling it so, it creates a disconnect between his 2 lives, which he's trying to reconcile.

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Card 4

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Duffy intends to shed light onto our indifference to what doesn't affect us. The photographer speaks of the "hundred agonies" they have captured and immediately after, switches to quote a "sunday supplement", the word supplement seeming out of place

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Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

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"The reader's eyes will ***** between the bath and pre-lunch beers" shows the momentary interest which was interrupted by a meagre event which is more relevant to them.

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