War photographer

• The poem is about a wolf photographer is in his dark room, developing pictures that he’s taken in war-zone across the world
• being back in England is a big contrast, it’s safe and calm compared to where he’s been
• A photo begins to develop, and the photograph for members, the death of the man and cries from the wife
• The speaker thinks that the people in England don’t care about the people and places in the photos who are going through war
• form: The use of enjambment reflects the gradual revealing of the photo as it develops
• Structure: The poem follows, actions and thoughts of the photographer
• Structure: There’s a distinct change at the start of the third stanza, when the photographer remembers a specific death
• In the final stanza, the focus shifts to the way the photographer work is received
• Emotive language: it reflects the horrors of war, seen by the photographer and captured in his photos
• His hands which did not tremble then
• A half formed ghost
• A hundred agonies in black and white
• He earns his living and they don’t care
• spools of suffering set out in ordered rows
• The poem presents rural England as a contrast to the war zones the photographer visits
• The poem ends with a sense of anger at the people who don’t care about the suffering of others
• The references to religion make it sound almost as if the photographer is a priest, conducting a funeral when he’s developing the photos
• Running children in a nightmare heat
• The readers eyeballs prick with tears
• A half formed ghost