War Photographer - Carol Ann Duffy

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GCSE English (Poetry) Mind Map on War Photographer - Carol Ann Duffy, created by Samira Choudhury on 24/04/2017.
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Mind Map by Samira Choudhury, updated more than 1 year ago
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War Photographer - Carol Ann Duffy
  1. 'Belfast. Bairut. Phnom Penh.' - War zones, places he's visited
    1. Sestets
      1. 'Spools of suffering set out' - Sibilance, so much suffering, unnatural order
        1. 'Ordinary pain which simple weather can dispel' - Not real pain, not like what he's seen, small pain goes
          1. 'As though this were a church and he a priest' - Simile, funeral, ceremony, ritual
            1. 'All flesh is grass' - Return to ground, Bible
              1. 'Alone' - Contrast to war zones, feels alone
                1. 'Red and softly glows' - Metaphor, blood, contrast
                  1. Regular - Order on photographs
                    1. ABBCDD rhyme - Same everyday, C represents mental break in routine
                      1. 'Tremble' - Verb, trauma
                        1. 'Explode beneath the feet of running children' - Violent imagery, shocking
                          1. Based on friendship with war photographer
                            1. Reference to Napalm and Vietnam
                              1. 'Nightmare heat' - Metaphor
                                1. 'He remembers the cries' - PTSD, haunted by memories, photo comes alive
                                  1. 'Stained' - Verb, lasts forever, stained into memory, mind
                                    1. 'Must' - Modal verb, has to do it
                                      1. 'Hundred agonies in black and white' - Metaphor
                                        1. 'Pick out' - Lack of care, emotion, chosing
                                          1. 'Prick with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beers' Internal rhyme, upset for a second, people move on, forget, contrast to photographer
                                            1. 'Stares impassively' - Verb, adjective, emotionless, numb, desensitized
                                              1. 'He earns his living and they do not care' - For money, people at war zones don't are, people at home don't care
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