war photographer

Cards (10)

  • starts in a dark room and could represent the foreboding atmosphere and his state of mind
  • spools of suffering set out in ordered rows
  • spools of suffering set out in ordered rows
    sibilance - creates a sinister atmosphere , he still can not detach from what he saw
  • what could spools represent in this quotation - spools of suffering set out in ordered rows 

    the magnitude of suffering witnessed
  • what could ordered rows represent in the quote - spools of suffering set out in ordered rows 

    juxtaposes the chaos but it could also be death imagery symbolizing coffins
  • Belfast. Beirut.phnom penh. All flesh is grass
  • what does the repetition of B and P tell us in the quote - Belfast. Beirut.phnom penh. All flesh is grass
    plosive alliteration - creates a sense of violence and destruction
  • what does the rule of three tell us in the quote - Belfast. Beirut.phnom penh. All flesh is grass

    extent of unrest in the world - at the time of writing the poem all of these places had war
  • what affect does caesura give in the quote - Belfast. Beirut.phnom penh. All flesh is grass
    Duffy is almost trying to give each place their own 2 min silence
  • what does the frase all flesh is grass represent in the quote - Belfast. Beirut.phnom penh. All flesh is grass

    biblical allusion - take human life for granted