War Photographer - Carol Ann Duffy

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