Describe and explain the structure of Carol Ann Duffy's "War Photographer".

The poem has a consistent structure; it is divided into four stanzas, each with six lines. This uniformity in structure brings out a sense of stagnancy, or an inability to progress towards something new, similar to the life of the war photographer, who is always situated amongst chaos and destruction. Each stanza has a different setting, progressing from the printing room, then "rural England", later, the battlefield in the third stanza, and finally, an abstract dual setting of the photographer's office as well as an aeroplane in the final stanza. This effectively portrays the traumatic life of the war photographer and how his life is continually intertwined with war, even if he is not on the battlefield, his memories and photos are always with him.The use of truncated as well as short sentences (the beginning of stanzas 2 and 3), emphatic punctuation and end-stop lines have a very evocative presence in the poem. These structural devices all contribute towards orchestrating the solemn and sombre mood and the acerbic tone which is particularly heightened in the final stanza wherein Duffy trivialises the gruesome reality of war the photographer captures in his pictures by describing the temporary tears readers ostensibly shed "between the bath and pre-lunch beers".