Compare how poets present the effects in "war photographer"and one other poem

Memory and how the effects of war haunt the speakers
1. War photographer
  1. "stanger's features faintly start to twist"
    1. Look of pain on the man's face
    2. Doesn't know who the person was
    3. "faintly" can refer to the photo processing but also the man's death coming back to his mind
  2. "half-formed ghost"
    1. The person was dying when the photograph was being taken and the photographer couldn't help him
    2. The event haunts him
  3. He is haunted by specific memories
2. Remains
  1. Present tense showing he the memory continues to haunt him
  2. "blood-shadow stays on the street"
    1. Visual reminder of the death foreshadowing that it will haunt him
  3. "But I blink/and he bursts again through the doors of the bank"
    1. Enjambment after "blink" carries you to the next stanza where there is still horror
    2. The past event is still affecting him now
Difference
1. In remains the poet highlights the psychological effects of war that people or the world do not understand
2. In war photographer the poet implies their frustration with the ignorance and apathy of society
Guilt
1. War photographer
  1. The photographer is stuggling to readjust to home
  2. "his hands, which did not tremble then
    1. He is calm in the face of horrors but now they affect him
      1. There is a contrast of "then" and "now"
      2. His guilt is worse once the speaker returns home
  3. "Home again to ordinary pain"
    1. There is injustice of what the photographer is seeing
2. Remains
  1. Starts with the pronoun "we" but changes to first person "I" sounding like a confession
  2. Repition of "all" at the start - "all three of us open fire"
    1. "his life in my bloody hands"
      1. No collective responsibility at the end, the speaker feels completely responsible.
      2. "bloody" refers to the mans blood but also the soldiers anger with himself

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