War Photographer

Cards (5)

  • "Sunday's Supplement"
    • sibillance = mimics a hush in rural England about speaking up
    • people are desensitised to war, instead of outrage
    • supplement = war reduced to a segment in a news story
    • Sundays = day of rest, excuse for ignorance??
  • "In his dark room he is finally alone"
    • dark = symbolises the subjects of his photo (dead)
    • alone = conveys isolation, makes poem more emotional
  • "Blood stained into foreign dust"
    • stained = everlasting effects of war
    • foreign dust = doesn't matter to British public as it doesn't directly affect them
  • "The readers eyeballs prick"
    • prick = short minor pain, contrats to war agonies
    • eyeballs = external body part, they're not even slightly affected like the photograpaher was
  • "they do not care"
    • they = alienates him from general public
    • poems ends with this line, up for interpretation (ambigouous): either the reader doesn't care (personal attack), or the world not caring (widespread attack)