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1
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A religious semantic field is created in the first stanza

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“Mass”, “Priest”, “Church”.

2
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War Photographer uses this biblical reference to show how life is short.

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All flesh is grass

3
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A conversational rhythm is shown by using different structure and punctuation such as…

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Regular rhyme, enjambement, caesurae

4
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Carol Ann Duffy has end-stopped each stanza, like the photographer’s…..

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Ordered rows

5
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The description of his tears, shows how the photographer’s tears dont just appear, but they hurt.

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Prick

6
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The seriousness of War Photographer is undermined by internal rhyme of the word

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Beers

7
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This poem concentrates on the little effect conflict has on the…

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Public who view the photographer’s pictures; and how sad this makes the photographer feel.

8
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This quote shows how we - the public - should not complain about the conditions in Britain.

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Fields which dont explode beneath the feet

9
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The soldier’s are shown to not question authority. They have no individuality

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are all of the same mind

10
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This has a dehumanising effect. The man is shown to be an object

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Looter

11
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The dehumanising effect of combat on soldiers is explored in the poem through the description of the shooting. The soldiers seem to show complete indifference towards human life.

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The way the other soldier picks up the man’s ‘guts’ suggests that this event is normal and the word ‘tosses’ implies that the victim’s life is of no worth