poems tell a story; some illustrate what love should or shouldn’t be; some poems express the separation of two loved ones. There is no limit to explaining what love really is. The poems ‘Sonnet 116’ by William Shakespeare and ‘Valentine’ by Carol Ann Duffy both try
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Valentine ‘Valentine’ is a controversial love poem written by Carol Ann Duffy. Throughout the poem the poetess compares love to an onion and she does that by using a variety of techniques such as imagery‚ symbolism‚ word choice and structure. All these techniques justify why Valentine is an unusual love-poem as they help the poet express her different point of view. Overall‚ the poem is unusual as its title mistakenly leads the reader into thinking that the poem will be typical. I felt deeply moved
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With particular reference to ‘Mrs. Lazarus’ show how Carol Ann Duffy presents relationships between men and women The World’s Wife originates from the idiom ‘The World and His Wife’ which is commonly used to express a large amount of people‚ however after understanding the feminist concept of Carol Ann Duffy’s work this idiom can be interpreted in a different light. The phrase may actually present men in a powerful position; it personifies the world and by doing so assumes that this great miracle
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‘Valentine’ by Carol Ann Duffy and ‘Our Love Now’ by Martyn Lowery. These two poems were my first choice as they both link to the theme of love‚ yet they are significantly different as they show how their ideas of love differ. ‘Valentine’ has the idea that love is original and true rather than hiding behind false pretences i.e. ‘a red rose’ or ‘a satin heart’ (Duffy 1993). Whereas ‘Our Love Now’ has two different perspectives‚ the males idea is that although the relationship is broken it can be fixed
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not 100 % perfect it’s just a draft / practise for exam Consider the ways Duffy explores the beauty of relationships in “hour” Hour written by Carol Anne Duffy explores the never ending emotional highs and lows of a shown in a relationship and but also shown is how just spending time with a love one is precious even if it’s just for a little while. A way in which Duffy shows the beauty if relationships in hour is through love and time by creating a strong theme connection between the two
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How successfully does ‘Demeter’ bring the collection to a close? Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘The Worlds Wife’ explores fiction and fantasy subverted with real life everyday experiences to reveal the truth. Through dramatizing scenes from childhood to adult life she discovers consolation and relief from love. The collections poems are questioning theories‚ marriage and themes such as feminism. Duffy does this in a very liberated‚ witty and sometimes uncomfortable way. Demeter successfully brings this collection
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How does Carol Ann Duffy Present Different Feelings about Love in “Hour” and “Quick Draw” Caroline Ann Duffy had made it a common opinion in her writing that she believes love is a crawl thing. However in both “Hour” and “Quick Draw”‚ she talks about love in an appreciative way. Although in the two poems‚ it has two very different circumstances in a relationship. Similarly both poems‚ is themed around a relationship‚ however the differences being that Hour describes the situation with a vast amount
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“Love” in Carol Ann Duffy’s Valentine Many people usually see “love” only one side especially when they deeply fall in love with someone. There are a lot of poems that respond the feeling of these falling in love people about how beautiful love is. It is true that love is beautiful. On the other hand‚ for me sometimes love is also painful. I really like the sentence that “love is color-blind” because this sentence can show not only the positive side of love but also the negative side of love. So
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Nostalgia: Background: Swiss Mercenaries came down from the mountains to fight on behalf of European rulers in Distant Lands. Many of these mercenaries suffered from nostalgia. * Nostalgia was believed to be a medical disease. * Symptoms included anorexia‚ bouts of weeping and even suicide attempts. * For years‚ people believed only the Swiss were prone to it. * In 1688‚ Hofer suggested it was “a cerebral disease of essentially demonic cause” * In 1732‚ Scheuchzer said it was
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How does Carol Ann Duffy challenge the “familiar cultural stereotypes” of women in ‘Mrs Beast’ ? One construction of feminism in the poem is female dominance over men. The Beast is shown as the weaker of the male culture due to his unappealing image “ugly as sin”. The Beast sees the narrators seeming interest in him as a miracle and is portrayed as desperate to keep her attention even it means living with her neglect. Here we see that the there is a reversal of gender stereotype as the Beast takes
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