War Photographer

• "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)