War Photographer by Carol Ann Duffy is about a photographer who is struggling with the consequences and reality of war. The voice of criticism from the experience of war combined with the use of poetic devices exposes the theme of war. The poet uses compelling and distressing illustrations in this poem to enthrall pathos into the reader’s feelings. The use of pathos stirs up emotions of sympathy, sorrow, and despair. Thus, his photographic films are filled with pictures of the genuine agony caused by the bloodshed of warfare. The structure of the poem is written in the present tense, as if it is happening now, to make the events more real and more shocking. The rhyme scheme is laid out in four regular six-line stanzas, with each stanza ending
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By studying this poem, the ultimate lesson I have learned is the importance of the role of war photographers. Pictures are taken with the peril of death as they get hold of the unfeigned shots with their teary eyeballs at the view of “children running in a nightmare heat”. I believe that sometimes one image can illustrate better than a thousand words. War photographers witness daily horror. Simultaneously, they are in a position where we can commemorate the things war leaves us behind.
The idea of suffering and pain of the people is locked in the photographs. Still, the photos depict the vivid details of the aftermath of warfare. Due to the efforts of war photographers, people can see the reality they can’t even imagine. People can pick up the news articles of people suffering and children who cannot struggle for themselves. However, "they do not care". A big part of the problem of war is that most ordinary people don't really care about the fact that war is going on; they just live their lives instead of getting involved in the ethical questions and demonstration against war. Consequently, the world and the readers who look at the news and articles do take an interest but are staring impassively. It is because they do not value the message of the
By studying this poem, the ultimate lesson I have learned is the importance of the role of war photographers. Pictures are taken with the peril of death as they get hold of the unfeigned shots with their teary eyeballs at the view of “children running in a nightmare heat”. I believe that sometimes one image can illustrate better than a thousand words. War photographers witness daily horror. Simultaneously, they are in a position where we can commemorate the things war leaves us behind.
The idea of suffering and pain of the people is locked in the photographs. Still, the photos depict the vivid details of the aftermath of warfare. Due to the efforts of war photographers, people can see the reality they can’t even imagine. People can pick up the news articles of people suffering and children who cannot struggle for themselves. However, "they do not care". A big part of the problem of war is that most ordinary people don't really care about the fact that war is going on; they just live their lives instead of getting involved in the ethical questions and demonstration against war. Consequently, the world and the readers who look at the news and articles do take an interest but are staring impassively. It is because they do not value the message of the