Letter to a Photojournalist Going In (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Author of 'Letter to a Photojournalist Going In'
Author of 'Letter to a Photojournalist Going In'
Tracy K. Smith
Collection containing the poem (year)
Collection containing the poem (year)
Duende (2007)
Form of the poem
Form of the poem
Direct letter
Three main themes explored
Three main themes explored
Trauma, love, cost of witnessing human suffering
The Trauma of Witnessing
The Trauma of Witnessing
Emotional toll of documenting violence and suffering
The Cost of Love
The Cost of Love
Maintaining relationship amid death and destruction
The Purpose of Work
The Purpose of Work
Questioning value/meaning of photographer's work
Quote describing war's grotesque violence
Quote describing war's grotesque violence
Bodies / Blown open like curtains
Line showing strain of balancing love and work
Line showing strain of balancing love and work
Who can hear two things at once?
Structural form (no fixed rhyme/metre)
Structural form (no fixed rhyme/metre)
Free verse
Number of stanzas
Number of stanzas
Seven uneven stanzas
Technique: flowing lines creating momentum
Technique: flowing lines creating momentum
Enjambment
How camera is personified
How camera is personified
Your camera blinks
Final image symbolising explosive emotional weight
Final image symbolising explosive emotional weight
Locket landing like a grenade
Speaker envying partner's detachment
Speaker envying partner's detachment
Sometimes I want my heart to beat like yours: from the outside in