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War Photographer
- Form & structure
- The poem is laid out in four regular six-line
stanzas, with each stanza ending in a
rhyming couplet.
- This structure is interesting since its very
rigid(刻板的) order contrasts with the
chaotic(混乱), disturbing images described in
the poem.
- The poem is laid out in four regular six-line
stanzas, with each stanza ending in a
rhyming couplet.
- Stanza one
- “spools of suffering”,
"ordered rows"
- Photographer attempts to restore the order to the
chaotic images contained within them
- He handles the pictures with the same respect
with which a priest would prepare for
communion and there is a definite
spirituality(灵性) to this process.
- here it makes us think of graves, or bodies waiting to be
buried.
- Photographer attempts to restore the order to the
chaotic images contained within them
- This religious imagery is effective in not
only conveying the dedication(奉献) the
photographer feels towards his
occupation(职业) but also because, like a
priest, he too is often exposed to death
and suffering.
- “red light”
- connotations of the light that burns continuously in
Catholic churches to symbolise the presence of Christ
and also of blood– a sight that the photographer must
be all too familiar with.
- the darkroom is a place of sanctuary(圣所) for the
photographer, just as a religious or spiritual person may
look for the same kind of solace(安慰) in a church had
they been confronted with the same horrors that the
photographer must endure(忍受).
- connotations of the light that burns continuously in
Catholic churches to symbolise the presence of Christ
and also of blood– a sight that the photographer must
be all too familiar with.
- "a priest preparing to intone a Mass"
- instead of preparing for mass, the photographer is
developing images of war– evidence of inhuman
behaviour which only serves to contradict(反驳) the
fundamental(基本) teachings of the Church.
- instead of preparing for mass, the photographer is
developing images of war– evidence of inhuman
behaviour which only serves to contradict(反驳) the
fundamental(基本) teachings of the Church.
- "Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh"
- list of the places where he has recorded images of
conflict. Duffy's deliberate use of full stops here helps
to “fix” the images – the final part of the printing
process - into the mind of the reader.
- Duffy makes it clear that these wars are
happening across the world, from Europe
(Belfast), to the Middle East (Beirut) to Asia
(Phnom Penh
- list of the places where he has recorded images of
conflict. Duffy's deliberate use of full stops here helps
to “fix” the images – the final part of the printing
process - into the mind of the reader.
- "all flesh is grass"
- the quotation comes from the New Testament and
reinforces the religious imagery as well as
emphasising the fragility of life
- the quotation comes from the New Testament and
reinforces the religious imagery as well as
emphasising the fragility of life
- “spools of suffering”,
"ordered rows"
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