War photographer and war photograph

In the poems struggle lensman and state of state of war photograph the audience ar presented with two poems which express the lookings of the originators towards war. I go disclose be comparing these two poems to find the differences between the narrators t bingles. Kate Daniels poem is told through the voice of an Ameri bottom citizen facial expression in a magazine at a war photograph. Whereas, Carol Ann-Duffys poem is close to a war lensman developing the photos, that he took previously, in a darkroom. In the poem war photograph, we describe the impression that the poem is narrated by a adult female. We see this because the narrator shows compassion and is more sympathetic. Were feeling sorry for her.Women usually show more compassion and sympathy than men, and we k right off that the author is female, so it is more of a draw a bead on viewpoint. She is displaying her views and compassion through the character. However, in the poem War photographer, we cast laid that a man is narrating it as it refers to a he In his dark room, he is last alto moderniseher. In War photograph she feels detached from the child as she keeps referring to the distance between them, she feels confuse for the child. She is likewise appalled at the war as it is killing so m any innocent large number being appalled at the war.The war photographer is also appalled at the war, as he has to see the awful sights everyday he remembers the cries of this mans wife. He is scarred by the things he has seen. We argon told he is finally alone as if he has been running away from something and now he is happy to be away from the war. Solutions stop in trays beneath his hands which did not shiver then, though face to now, this tells us that he did not set out the full effect of his milieu and the horror of it all, but now that he is alone and the photos are slowly developing, he tidy sum fulfill it in, and really come across at what was there and how terrible it wa s.This is different to war photograph, as in that poem, the woman can all imagine the horror thats there. She only jazzs whats in the find and doesnt keep up the memories and stay behind go awayting the picture which has more of an impact. As it isnt her country or people shes do its fighting, she has no personal involvement in the war and is merely just an observer, want her character. some(prenominal) poems describe our lack of care and compassion for the people suffering in the war and the horrific state some of them are in.However, in war photograph it describes in detail how she feels and gives an emotional result. In war photographer, Kate Daniels uses lots of language devices and effects, such as oxymorons, rhetorical questions and repeating. She repeats the word running throughout to kick in emphasis on the fact that she is running away from the demolition and devastation around her. She is running from the crazy weed She is also running from the Gods She is runn ing my God to us. It resembles her desperate attempt to run away from the bombs breathing out off behind her.She uses rhetorical questions how can she know what we really are? She uses what instead of who as we look like war hungry soldiers, the Americans are responsible for this picture. We seem not human. Rhetorical questions also cook up us think more and reflect on what we need done. It engages the indorser. In War Photographer Duffy uses repetition in her poem on the words he and his. The photographer doesnt have a give ear and the use of these words makes us feel more detached from him as we dont know his name and we dont feel familiar with him.We are given the feeling of detachment in the poem war photograph by using renderry 10,000 miles away In other earthly concern on another Continent. She is far away and we feel helpless. Kate Daniels makes us look past the picture. She keeps on running, you know, later on the shutter of the camera clicks. She is telling us that everything doesnt just become better after the photo has been seize onn, the girl is still homeless and running for help. Imagery is used in the poem, naked child.We get the image of a naked child, which shows vulnerability and the fact that it is a child makes us feel sorrier for her, as she cant look after herself. A naked child is running because she is running, we know she is scared of something, which makes us even more pitiful towards her. She is also running from the Gods this is great as God is seen as someone to turn to for help, not to run away from, God is neer on the losing side. the Gods who have changed the sky to fire. We realise that there is lots of destruction and fire around, it makes us imagine that the sky is orange with fire.As she says Gods she must not be a Christian, as Christians only believe in one God. Imagery is used in war photographer by using metaphors A strangers features faintly start to twist before his eyes, a half formed ghost. He uses this metaphor to describe the pictures being formed, it makes us see it more vividly and feel as if were there. Solutions slop in trays beneath his hands, this if course is talking around the developing liquid in the tray, however, solutions has two meanings and this could suggest the solution of the war, which of course, he doesnt have. In written language is suggests the pictures are in monochrome, but it could also mean the comparison of good and evil from both sides of the war, this is alle bloody-minded. each form is grass, we think of grass as fresh and bright, this juxtaposes the flesh that he compares it to. Flesh is buncombe and means death and devastation, whereas grass is alive. It covers the Earth, meaning that if flesh is grass then flesh must be covering the Earth under his feet. every(prenominal)iteration is used in war photographer, for examples repetition of the letter s she . . . smoke . . . soldiers . . . sister.The repeating of the letter s makes it seem h arsh as its a harsh letter to pronounce, this resembles the harsh effects of the war. This technique is also used in war photographer Something is happening. A strangers features faintly start to twist before his eyes. Repetition of the letter s makes it seem harsh and negative, just like the war. Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh. This is tripling and alliteration. He says the cities in a blase way, it is just another city hes seen and he doesnt care about them , he just says them like the clicker of his camera fast and sharp.This is intertextuality as it refers to something known, Duffy tries to bring alive the thought of war which makes it more tangible and easier to consociate to. As war photographer is written by a woman, the poem is more sympathetic. Were feeling sorry for her, as the character in the poem, we are guessing, is also a woman, she can give direct opinions on the war. The poem war photographer starts off with the line In his darkroom, he is finally alone. This tells us straight away that he wanted to be alone, he must want to get away from something.The key word here is finally as it depicts the fact that he has been waiting to be alone for a while. This also shows that he has no emotional attachment to where he has come from, and as though he didnt want to help the people suffering in the war, just to get back to the peace and quiet of his studio apartment. He states the places that he has been to in a blase way that also makes it seem as though he has no emotional attachment to the places but just tells them as if they mean nothing Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh. He states them with full stops between them, so you say them quicker, but you have to pause in between each city.These short sentences also juxtapose the long sentence that was used before, The only light is red and aristocraticly glows, as though this were a church and he a priest preparing to intone a mass. Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh. She does this to emphasise how blase the citi es are, as she has put no affection into describing the cities. All flesh is grass. This short sentence tells us about the horror that there is flesh pummelled into the Earth and how gory the settings are around him. Grass is usually so fresh, clean and full of life, yet it juxtaposes with the rotting, bloody flesh that surrounds him.He says it shortly, with no description of what effect that had on him, or any distress it may have caused. It seems like the horrible things he has seen have no impact on him, or they do, but as he is a man he does not want to sound soppy or soft. The fact that it says He has a job to do backs up the fact that the surroundings dont have an impact on him and he only gets the picture and leaves, he doesnt get any feelings towards these people, he just wants the money. He describes that he must do the job whether he likes it or not, to do what someone must.This gives the impression that he realises he cannot get emotionally attached as it is only a job a nd he needs to do it on a daily basis. He doesnt particularly want to do the job, but he has to, as many people dont want to do it. The readers eyeballs prick with tears between bath and pre-lunch beers this shows that the author is trying to get out a point of view that even though it may affect you for a little bit, unless you were the one of the people who actually got injured in the war, or lost somebody close to you because of it, you wont be affected by the war.In the poem war photograph, the author seems to try and get the meat across that no event how far away from the war you are, it will always have an impact on you. She describes this well as the poem about the effect a photograph has on a woman, the woman being herself. All over the country were feeling sorry for her and being appalled at the war. This line is similar to Carol Ann Duffys line about the readers eyeballs pricking with tears. Kate Daniels relates the poem to us using were this makes us feel as though we a re more involved in the poem.Its describing how we are affected even though we are no way near the war zone, and probably dont know the people involved in it either. Daniels feels sorry for the girl and realises how terrible we are to let this happen in the first place How can she know what we really are? She is so horrified at us that she says what instead of who, as if we are some war hungry monsters. She thinks that we should be ashamed of ourselves for letting this happen. From the distance, we look so terribly human. Carol Ann Duffy clearly feels something in common with the subject of war.She uses her own opinions and experiences through the character to explain her views of how us British people just sit and look at the pictures but dont know the reality of the mail service. She judges the photographer as both a priest and a journalist. She uses a illustration which compares him to a priest, this shows us how seriously he takes his job and also how he stands up for those w ho cannot help themselves. She describes his studio to resemble a church with a dim red light, which could resemble a lantern, which most churches have.The image is also suitable as he tries to get the message across how fragile life is. She has a passion for the war and feels that we do not think about the suffering enough. The readers response to the pictures in the paper, do not affect the people in the war, however, the sufferers of the war still let him take pictures to show other countries what is happening to them. We only get affected for a little while, but shortly enough, we have forgotten about the tragedies out there.Kate Daniels tries to get the message across to us that no matter how far away from the war you are, there is always some way you will get attached. She makes informant throughout the poem on how detached she is from the war, but she still describes the impact it has on her. She gets her feelings across at a time through the character in the poem as they are both female so she can get her opinions through. The picture has a lasting impression on her, we know this because she thinks to herself about the picture and asks rhetorical questions how can she know what we really are? .A modern audience reading war photographer would feel sorry for the war victims as we just do not know the reality of the situation they are in, but as in the poem suggests, we will have forgotten about it before long enough. A modern audience reading war photograph would also feel sorry for the war victims. We feel especially sorry for the little girl in the poem as she is young and helpless. Daniels describes this picture as it shows a vulnerable and feeble young girl, which we feel more sympathetic towards. She does this to get the message across of how bad the war is that it is harming young children that arent even taking part in the war.Both poems try to show us the horror of the war and how it should have an impact on you. In war photographer she descr ibes how we will just forget about it and care about other things instead, whereas in war photograph she describes how it will have a lasting impression on you. In both poems, the authors get their opinions across through their character, which gives a more honest opinion. We know that no matter how far we are away from the war, it will always have an effect on us, whether or not it is temporary or permanent.