A Detached Observation of Society? - Carol Ann Duffy Poetry
To be detached is to be out off society and to look upon it only observant and uncaring. Although Carol Ann Duffy may write many detached personas within her poems and use a lot of themes of isolation, loneliness and all round being away or in some way abused by society, I think that she herself is not in fact completely detached.
An example of one of the methods of her writing that may make her seem detached is her Persona within Education for Leisure. Straight off from the first line of the first stanza she uses language to show the psychopathic tendencies of the Persona - ‘Today I’m going to kill something’. Then follows it with ‘I have had enough of being ignored’ showing that he most likely has no friends or anyone close to him and that people tend to dismiss him which would follow the theme of isolation. Another example of why she may be detached through this poem is the simple and straightforward language of the Persona how he killed the animals without a second thought about it and he didn’t care afterwards as well and with the inclusion of ‘I touch your arm’ not only is it a threat directly to the reader but it seems to be more unnerving at the fact that he didn’t seem to think of the morals behind it, he just wanted to go out and kill something more and play God because he was bored, which shows a sense of being detached and to look upon what he was doing uncaringly. Then strikes the question of how can you write something so detached without at least experiencing detachment at least a bit first?
But an argument against that Carol Ann Duffy is detached can be found within Lizzie, Six. Within Lizzie, Six Duffy tries makes you feel sorry for the main persona of Lizzie who is abused. She uses language such as ‘I’m afraid of the dark’ and ‘I’m thinking of love’ to portray Lizzie’s innocence and also gives her less lines than her abuser maybe showing her oppressed. Duffy also rhymes the last word of each stanza which the abuser speaks, giving it a harsh
An example of one of the methods of her writing that may make her seem detached is her Persona within Education for Leisure. Straight off from the first line of the first stanza she uses language to show the psychopathic tendencies of the Persona - ‘Today I’m going to kill something’. Then follows it with ‘I have had enough of being ignored’ showing that he most likely has no friends or anyone close to him and that people tend to dismiss him which would follow the theme of isolation. Another example of why she may be detached through this poem is the simple and straightforward language of the Persona how he killed the animals without a second thought about it and he didn’t care afterwards as well and with the inclusion of ‘I touch your arm’ not only is it a threat directly to the reader but it seems to be more unnerving at the fact that he didn’t seem to think of the morals behind it, he just wanted to go out and kill something more and play God because he was bored, which shows a sense of being detached and to look upon what he was doing uncaringly. Then strikes the question of how can you write something so detached without at least experiencing detachment at least a bit first?
But an argument against that Carol Ann Duffy is detached can be found within Lizzie, Six. Within Lizzie, Six Duffy tries makes you feel sorry for the main persona of Lizzie who is abused. She uses language such as ‘I’m afraid of the dark’ and ‘I’m thinking of love’ to portray Lizzie’s innocence and also gives her less lines than her abuser maybe showing her oppressed. Duffy also rhymes the last word of each stanza which the abuser speaks, giving it a harsh