War Photographer

• 'this were a church and he a priest' enjambment and religious imagery - could link to himself being a 'priest' as he is teaching people through his photos. He could also be questioning where God is during this conflict
• 'All fresh is grass' phrase from old testament - further links to religious imagery
• 'Solutions slop in trays' sibilance highlights harsh severity of the conflict
• 'did not tremble then though seem to now' the protagonist is traumatised by the events of the war
• 'Rural England' creates an image of tranquillity which contrasts the current events
• 'running children in a nightmare heat' pathos, which evokes sympathetic emotions
• 'half-formed ghost' alludes to the idea that the person has died, or literally the picture is developing
• 'remembers the cries' he cannot get it out of his head, contrasting because he is meant to be desensitised
• 'blood stained into foreign dust' metaphor implying that deaths in war are overlooked
• 'hundred agonies' possible hyperbole, emotive language shows the vast scale of conflict
• 'black and white' colour imagery
• 'editor will pick out five or six' the editor is going to summarise the conflict in a few pictures for profitable gain
• 'eyeballs prick' not actually crying, almost mechanical reaction, not genuine
• 'between the bath and pre-lunch beers' only care in their free time, contrast to the photographer who lives in it every day
• 'stares impassively' the photographer is traumatised by his experience and is unable to process it
• 'he earns his living' irony, he earns his living off of other peoples' deaths
• 'they do not care' strong ending statement, directed to the readers, contrast to 'tears'