Poetry

• Who wrote war photographer?

  Carol Ann Duffy
• Who wrote remains?

  Simon Armitage
• What are the key themes in remains?

  War, trauma, guilt, and the dehumanizing effects of conflict.
• “probably armed possibly not”- what poem is this from and what techniques are used?


  Remains. Light hearted/carefree language
• “he must have wondered which would be the better way to die.” - which poem is this from and what is the significance of this?

  Kamikaze- Whether literal death, or the shame of letting down the country and family was worse
• “suffering set in ordered rows” - which poem is this from? and what is the meaning?

  War photographer- symbolism of a grave yard, juxtaposed suffering and ordered as if he is trying to control the chaos of war.
• “blood stained into foreign dust.”- what poem is this from and what is the poet trying to say?


  war photographer, trying to show the long lasting impacts of war