War Photographer - Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955)
English Lit: AQA GCSE Poetry - Power & Conflict, topic 17.1.5
Key Quotations in War Photographer
Here are some quotations you might want to remember for your exam:
"All flesh is grass"
- Biblical imagery and a metaphor.
- This quote points out the scale of bloodshed and creates a gruesome image in the readers’ head.
- This is also a line from the Bible that means human life is temporary.
“Spools of suffering set out in ordered rows”
- Imagery/metaphor.
- This quote hints at the photographer’s efforts to make sense of and order something so horrific.
- There is a contrast between what the photographer tries to do and the reality of conflict.
“The reader’s eyeballs prick / with tears, between the bath and pre-lunch beers”
- This quote shows the comfort of those at home who are not directly affected by war.
- This image contrasts with the images of pain that run throughout the poem.
“Running children in a nightmare heat”
- This quote is designed to make the reader understand the intensity of the suffering caused by war.
- Duffy refers to children to remind the reader of the innocent lives affected by war.
“A hundred agonies in black and white”
- This quote is designed to make the reader understand the intensity of the suffering caused by war.
Test yourself on War Photographer - Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955)
Which of these quotes from War Photographer reminds readers that innocent lives are affected by war?
Which of these quotes from War Photographer is an example of a biblical image?