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1
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When was the poem written?

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1985

2
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What happens in the poem?

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A war photographer returns from a warzone, and starts developing photos in his darkroom. A photo of a man begins to do develop, and the photographer can remember the cries of the mans wife when he took the photo. He insinuates that the readers of the Sunday supplement only care briefly about the deaths

3
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What is the form of the poem?

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Regular, six line stanzas containing 2 pairs of rhyming couplets

4
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What does the very regular structure reflect?

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The neatness of the photographer, in an otherwise chaotic world of war

5
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What do the first 3 stanzas describe?

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Document the photographer’s actions and thought process

6
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What does the last stanza describe?

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Deals with how the work will be received by the world, the people who read the Sunday Supplement

7
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What is the quote starting with, “Spools…”?

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“Spools of suffering laid out in ordered rows”

8
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What is the quote starting with, “He, a priest…”?

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“He, a priest preparing to intone a Mass”

9
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Who wrote it?

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Carol Ann Duffy

10
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What 3 poems should you compare this to?

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Kamikaze
Remains
Bayonet Charge

11
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What is the quote starting with, “He has a…”?

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“He has a job to do. Solutions slop in trays”

12
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What is the quote starting with, “Running…”?

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“Running children in a nightmare heat”

13
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What is the quote starting with, “A stranger’s…”?

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“A stranger’s features… a half formed ghost”

14
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What is the quote starting with, “He remembers…”?

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“He remembers the cries of this man’s wife”

15
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What is the quote starting with, “Blood…”?

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“Blood stained into foreign dust”

16
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What is the quote starting with, “A hundred…”?

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“A hundred agonies in black and white”

17
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What is the quote starting with, “Where he earns…”?

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“Where he earns his living and they do not care”

18
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What is the quote starting with, “Home again…”?

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“Home again to ordinary pain”

19
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What is the quote starting with, “To fields…”?

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“To fields which don’t explode beneath his feet”

20
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What is the quote starting with, “The reader’s…”?

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“The reader’s eyeballs prick with tears between bath and pre-lunch beers”

21
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Where is contrast used?

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In the description of the man’s wife crying, alongside the token tears shed by the readers of the Sunday Supplement

22
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What is used to compare the photographer to a priest?

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Religious imagery

23
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Where does the photographer appear to be more at home?

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In the midst of the war zone

24
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How does the photographer feel anger?

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He feels anger towards those who feign interest