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War Photographer (Imagery (Religious imagery- photographer compared to a…
War Photographer
Imagery
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Photograoher trying to control emotions by dealing with photographs in a neat, business like way.
photograph of dying man- at first the image is misty like a half-formed ghost. Photos start out dark light and chemicals exposes the image.
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Structure
Tight and controlled 6 line stanza, similar rhyme scheme- reflects the photographer's job to impose order on the chaos of war. This contrasts the reality of war
Rural England- use of caesura shows how in the UK we are separated from the true reality and the true horrors of war.
internal rhyme 'with tears between the bath and pre lunch beers'- quickens the pace and it represents the speed with which people forget the horrors of war.
Cyclical structure of the soldier going to conflict and coming from conflict- represents the idea of fate as everything is inescapable and everything is destined to happen.
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Meaning
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The photographer can't understand the suffering he captured but he's seen too much to settle comfortably.
The editor presents the sorst side of the media, as his interests are commercial as he's only trying to sell newspapers.
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Language
Alliteration- messy, flowing sound that symbolises the messiness of the solution.
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Context
A photographer's job is to remain neutral as they're not allowed to involve themselves in a war or interfere with injured people.
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poem reference a photograph during the Vietnamese war- 'Napalm girl' showed a young girl running naked towards a camera in pain after a bombing.
Duffy's friend Don McCullin worked in war zones as a photographer so her messages are shaped by personal experience.
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