Impressions of war: Duffy and Tennyson Tuesday, 09

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Impressions of war: Duffy and Tennyson Tuesday, 09 July 2019 Jonathan Peel JLS 2019 Consider ThIS Statement from George Alagiah (from A passage to Africa, Edexcel IGCSE Anthology.) Jonathan Peel JLS 2019 Overview 4 stanzas, each covering a stage in the process of development to print Iambic Pentameter suggests the importance of the material Almost heroic couplets – not wholly rhyming couplet structure. Such organisation is reminiscent of a hymn or work of high poetic form. It also suggests clarity of thought and we need to notice the variations as important when they come. Anonymous and therefore applicable to all people and all times. Jonathan Peel JLS 2019 War Photographer Many of the same ideas as Alagiah: We note the links in terms of the ideas of the horror and the influence of the editor in choosing only the most shocking images, but we focus on the word ‘MUST’ – the moral imperative which this poem explores. Jonathan Peel JLS 2019 Religion and the moral imperative Imagery throughout the first two stanzas which links the photographer to a priest. The idea of having someone to ‘bear witness’ is evident The ‘sacred duty’ to tell the truth in the face of hardship The sense of working in a role as a ‘righteous being’ The sense of a vocation is implied Jonathan Peel JLS 2019 The simile confirms the idea of the religious nature of the job and thus the sense of vocation A job - a vocation The metaphor is complex – the spools are indeed now the carriers of suffering, the ordered rows possibly suggesting the war graves seen in memorials Technical requirement in a darkroom which echoes the candles glowing in front of an altar (softly) Solemnity. The cities take on the sound of a religious service, ending with the funeral text. Developing fluid takes on the overtone of Communion wine in the context of the previous stanza Jonathan Peel JLS 2019 A personal trial Is suffering from some form of PTSD Unable to remove self from the effects of what has been seen Flashbacks Recalls images familiar to the reader Tropes of war poetry from an earlier age Jonathan Peel JLS 2019 Only now is suffering, once home Does the broken line and short statement explain or contain a sense of contempt? The rather out of control enjambment is brought up sharp by the double caesura –reality. The