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Daniel Arcega Mrs. Emerick IB English HL II   Poetic Notes Poem #1: "The War Photographer" by Carol Anne Duffy Thesis + Outline: Duffy juxtaposes gruesome imagery with the photographer's perspective to illustrate how one is able to become desensitized to violence through constant witnessing of it. Duffy uses violent imagery to convey the horrors witnessed by the photographer. "fields which don't explode beneath the feet of running children in a nightmare heat"(11-12) "blood stained into foreign dust"(18) These lines show the reader what the photographer sees everyday The strong visuals help to align the reader's perspective with that of the photographer. The photographer's mannerisms are shown in contrast to the horrid events he sees. "Solutions slop in trays beneath his hands, which did not tremble then though seem to now"(7-8). In the moment of witnessing the violence, the photographer had no distinct reaction to it, shown by hi...

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