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1
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Who wrote war photographer

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Carol Ann Duffy

2
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when was it written

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1955

3
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what type of imagery does the poet use

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religious imagery to reverently describe the light and photographer to underline the importance of their jobs

4
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Where is contrast used and give example

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contrast made between hellish warzones and peaceful homelands; intensity of war with the indifference of the readers
eg- home again to ordinary pain which simple weather can dispell
to fields which don’t explode beneath the feet of running children

5
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What type of rhyme is present

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regular rhyme scheme and stanza length are neat and precise which represents the disciplined way the photographer does his job

6
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give some context of the poem

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photographs in the past had to be carefully developed under red light “spools of suffering set out in ordered rows”
the poem has an interesting perspective on war from a job in which is also dangerous

7
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what metaphor shows the photographer taking his work seriously

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a priest preparing to intone mass

could also be seen as him going to a church and asking for forgiveness

8
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what quotation shows the difficulty of his job

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“he sought approval without words to do what someone must

9
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what quotation shows how we take for granted our peace

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the readers eyeballs prick with tears between the patch and pre-lunch beers

10
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what colour are there semantic fields to and give example

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red 
"only light is red"
"nightmare heat"
"all flesh is grass"
shows danger