War Photographer

• What is a key theme in "War Photographer"?

  Guilt and emotional distance
• What inspired Carol Ann Duffy to write "War Photographer"?

  Real photographers like Don McCullin
• How does the structure of "War Photographer" contrast with its themes?

  Four regular stanzas contrast chaos of war
• What literary device is used in “Spools of suffering”?

  Metaphor linking photos to pain
• What does “A hundred agonies in black-and-white” suggest?

  Photographs reduce emotion
• What does “The reader’s eyeballs prick” imply?


  Fleeting impact
• Who inspired Carol Ann Duffy's poem "War Photographer"?

  Don McCullin
• What themes does "War Photographer" examine?

  Ethics, suffering, and emotional detachment
• How many stanzas are in "War Photographer"?

  Four regular stanzas
• What does the structure of "War Photographer" contrast with?

  Chaos of war
• What type of rhyme scheme is used in "War Photographer"?

  Rhyming couplets
• What does enjambment in "War Photographer" create?

  Tension between control and emotion
• What does the metaphor "spools of suffering" in "War Photographer" represent?

  Photos linked to pain
• What does "a hundred agonies in black-and-white" suggest about photographs?

  They reduce emotion
• What does "the reader’s eyeballs prick" imply about the impact of the photographs?

  Fleeting impact
• What theme is explored in "War Photographer" regarding Western society?

  Western apathy to global suffering