War Photographer by Ms. Duffy This poem is the only one by Ms. Duffy (in this selection) which is written in the third person. It is about a person who is clearly not the poet. The surface subject of the poem is the war photographer of the title but at a deeper level the poem explores the difference between "Rural England" and places where wars are fought (Northern Ireland‚ the Lebanon and Cambodia)‚ between the comfort or indifference of the newspaper editor and its readers and the
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“War Photographer” critical essay “War Photographer” by Carol Ann Duffy is a poem that uses features such as word choice‚ imagery and tone to make us feel pity for the main character. The poem is about the emotional struggles that the war photographer faces daily in his job. The author has written the poem to make us question the morality of taking photographs of people suffering in war zones. “War Photographer” makes us feel pity by using effective word choice. “Hands...tremble” The
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WAR PHOTOGRAPHER LITERATURE Write about the poem‚ war photographer‚ which in my opinion is very effective in highlighting important social issues. Explain what these issues are and examine and discuss the various ways in which the poet conveys them. The poem is about a war photographer who has been to many war-torn places and has seen first hand what war is like. In the poem the poet‚ Carol Ann Duffy addresses the social issues of the cruelty of war‚ the issue of indifference of people at
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War photographer. * As he says remember the man’s wife he is reflecting on his job and the moment he took the photo. * He sought approval- shows that it is an emotional reaction of how he is profiting front the suffering of the people. * Stained foreign dust shows that shows that this horrors that are happening in this foreign country should not be happing. * War hurts everyone no matter what occupation you are. * A hundred agonies shows that he took hundreds of photos of people
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imagery that the poet creates in our minds. These aspects help to express the theme of the poem‚ which is the cruelty of war and human suffering. Firstly‚ the poet uses language to bring out the overall glum mood of the poem. In the first stanza‚ cumulative listing is used with the line “Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh.” This overwhelms the reader with the immense number of places where war is common‚ bringing about a sense of gloominess and wide spread depression. Furthermore‚ by using the phrase “Something
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War Photographer Carol Ann Duffy brings to light the tribulations of those afflicted by war. She delineates this agony through the use of emotive lexis‚ when the photographer thinks about the throes of those he photographed‚ and he sees “running children in a nightmare heat.” This is the photographer remembering children who have been hit with napalm‚ and have no chance of surviving. Literally‚ the use of the word “heat” refers to the napalm used on the children‚ and how much suffering and agony
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Theme:`War photographer’ by Carol Ann Duffy is a poem that explores the theme of death. In the poem we see the photographer developing images that he had taken from the war‚ as he is processing these images his thoughts and memories come flooding back to him. This poem captures the readers attention bringing them to realization of the hardships and dangerous situations faced by those part of the war. On the other hand‚ this poem focuses on the role of the photographer having a monotonous and realistic
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CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education MARK SCHEME for the October/November 2012 series 0625 PHYSICS 0625/33 Paper 3 (Extended Theory)‚ maximum raw mark 80 This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates‚ to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting
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War Photographer The theme that I am about to explore is death. Death is a scary event that will happen to everyone. Every moment of the day someone dies‚ and unfortunately innocent people are getting killed every day from these vicious wars going on in the world. No one seems to think about others and how they feel. Guns‚ bombs‚ gas attacks‚ they all kill and take lives of parents‚ children or even whole villages. In the poem “War Photographer” death is the main theme. It talks about two sides
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War Photographer by Carol Ann Duffy In his darkroom he is finally alone with spools of suffering set out in ordered rows. The only light is red and softly glows‚ as though this were a church and he a priest preparing to intone a Mass. Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh. All flesh is grass. He has a job to do. Solutions slop in trays beneath his hands which did not tremble then though seem to now. Rural England. to ordinary pain which simple weather can dispel‚ to fields which don’t explode beneath
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