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This lesson pairs two poems by female poets that explore power and conflict through intellectual, reflective lenses. Duffy's War Photographer examines the moral complexity of documenting suffering, while Dharker's Tissue uses the fragile image of paper to question the structures of power that human beings construct. Both poems step back from the battlefield to consider conflict from a wider perspective.
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Poet | Carol Ann Duffy (b. 1955) |
| Role | Poet Laureate from 2009 to 2019 |
| Inspiration | Duffy's friendship with war photographers, particularly Don McCullin and Philip Jones Griffiths |
| Theme | The ethics of photographing suffering; the gap between conflict zones and comfortable Western life |
| Form | Four regular sestets (6-line stanzas) with a loose rhyme scheme |
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