Havisham by Carol Ann Duffy The poem “Havisham” is a dramatic piece told by the only character Miss Havisham herself‚ a character from Charles Dickens “Great Expectations”. Abandoned by her lover at the alter many years before the poem is set‚ she still wears her wedding dress‚ she’ll be wearing it for the rest of her life‚ while she plots revenge on all men. She hates what she has become‚ she hates knowing that she still and always will have her maiden name‚ in fact the poet cleverly used the characters
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In Havisham‚ Carol Ann Duffy creates an interesting character. Write about the way the character is created‚ and compare this with the way other characters are created in three other poems. You should compare it with one poem by Simon Armitage and two poems from the pre-1912 poetry bank. In Havisham‚ Carol Ann Duffy explores the character of Mrs Havisham and develops her by using vivid imagery and metaphors. She starts the poem with ‘Beloved sweetheart bastard’ which is an oxymoron‚ used to display
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Havisham critical Essay “Ropes on the backs of my hands I could strangle with” We can see here that Duffy has described how Havisham is getting old and her veins on her hands are standing out‚ Duffy describes these veins as “Ropes”. This quote is also describing a feeling “I could strangle with.” Here‚ Havisham wants to cause pain and damage to the man who hurt her‚ however‚ She could also be describing how the veins are so thick‚ they could be strong enough to strangle somebody. We can clearly
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Nettles by poet Vernon Scannell is a reflective poem based on the poet trying to protect his son from hurting himself in a nettle bed. I found this poem very emotional and touching and this is mainly why I chose to write about it. The poet reflects on his own experience to prove his point of view‚ and he achieves this‚ and I indent to analyse what point he is trying to convey in this poem. The poem is set in the poets own garden‚ with the nettles hidden out of sight behind the shed. The young
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In her morbid poem ’Havisham’‚ Carol Ann Duffy redefines one of Charles Dickens’ most memorable characters‚ Miss Havisham. Jilted at the alter by her one true love‚ Dickens portrayed Havisham as an old spinster‚ her life wasted away trying to gain revenge on all men. Through her dramatic monologue ’Havisham’‚ Duffy gives the disturbed old woman a voice to express her feelings about her wasted life. One of the themes that I found fascinating in this poem was the idea that a moment of betrayal can
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Spencer Jackson 3/30/08 Hosting the Past to Provide for the Epistolary Community of the Present: Alexander Pope’s “Epistle to Miss Blount‚ with the Works of Voiture” In this early epistle‚ first published in 1712 as “To a Young Lady‚ with the Works of Voiture‚” Pope addresses his friend Teresa Blount through the work and name of the early seventeenth century French poet and letter-writer Vincent de Voiture. In this indirect address of a female friend facing an uncertain marriage
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It was not so long ago when our journey began. For most of us‚ we entered LNHS with nothing more than a dream‚ and today‚ together we stand as survivors armed with knowledge‚ skills and values to bring this dream closer to reality. To others‚ graduation may simply be equated as the end of the tunnel‚ or a breath of relief‚ or an exultation over freedom‚ but after years under the nurture of our alma mater‚ we know it is much more than any of these. Life is an open road‚ and though we’ve studied its
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Rizal’s Poem: My Last Farewell Mi Ultimo Adios was the farewell poem of Rizal that originally had no title and was unsigned. This was believed as Rizal’s last will because he wrote it on the night before he was executed. Also through this poem‚ Rizal was giving his last message to his countrymen. For him‚ offering his life was the best way he could show his love for the country. Even he was going to die‚ he was not resentful instead he challenged the each of the Filipinos to serve and love our
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Summary In this poem‚ the speaker invokes a series of metaphors to characterize the nature of what he perceives to be his old age. In the first quatrain‚ he tells the beloved that his age is like a “time of year‚” late autumn‚ when the leaves have almost completely fallen from the trees‚ and the weather has grown cold‚ and the birds have left their branches. In the second quatrain‚ he then says that his age is like late twilight‚ “As after sunset fadeth in the west‚” and the remaining light is
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later invited to Miss Havisham’s house and meets Estella and falls in love with her. After knowing Miss Havisham for a while Pip receives an anonymous inheritance to go to London with Mr. Jaggers as his guardian to become a gentleman. Pip stays in London‚ then he is invited back to the Satis House where Miss Havisham lives. Magwitch‚ the convict from the beginning‚ shows up in Pip’s
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