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The poem’s central tension

The poem’s central tension

Carole Satyamurti’s “War Photographer” centres on a photograph of a soldier in Vietnam. The detail that he is “young” and “dead” makes the image evidence of an individual’s suffering, while the word “Vietnam” locates that suffering in a particular war. These details distinguish Satyamurti’s poem from Carol Ann Duffy’s poem of the same title.

2.2.10 War Photographer by Carole Satyamurti Lesson

  1. GCSE
  2. /English Literature
  3. /2.2.10 War Photographer by Carole Satyamurti

Step-by-step lessons on Edexcel GCSE English Literature 2.2.10 War Photographer by Carole Satyamurti. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Work through your set texts (Shakespeare, the post-1914 text, the 19th-century novel, and the poetry anthology) alongside regular unseen-poetry practice, since the unseen and comparison sections are usually the most time-pressured on exam day.

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