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
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Before You Were Mine ‘Before You Were Mine’‚ written by Carol Ann Duffy is a poem about the adoration that the writer feels for her mother. Her feelings are revealed in first person. Duffy uses a range of narrative techniques like onomatopoeia‚ metaphors and short sentences which stand out and make the writer’s point clear. These techniques help reveal the author’s changing attitude from selfish and possessive to loving and affectionate‚ when considering the younger version of her mother. After
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Commentary on “Originally” by Carol Ann Duffy Outgrowing childhood is leaving many cherished people‚ memories and treasures behind. Emigrating in childhood is leaving a culture‚ a language and a home behind. Carol Ann Duffy moved from Glasgow‚ Scotland to Stafford‚ England when she was six years old‚ in the 1960s‚ thus later writing this poem “Originally”. Through laying out childhood memories and ending on the note that she hesitates when asked of her origin‚ Carol Ann Duffy expresses regret that she
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Salome Theme: The themes first introduced are predominantly modern consisting of promiscuity and infidelity. The theme of feminism is first introduced towards the end of the piece when it becomes evident to the reader how much power Salome has over her male counterpart Duffy’s reference to the tale of John the Baptist shows her modernising of the tale as it is subverted to suggest that Salome has had a one night stand‚ thus showing the theme of promiscuity. The story reverts to the original
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------------------------------------------------- Shooting Stars By Carol Ann Duffy ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- “Shooting Stars” is a horrific and moving poem written by Carol Ann Duffy. She adopts the persona of a female Jew speaking out from beyond the grave about her terrifying ordeal before she died in the Holocaust. A powerful impression is left on the reader after reading Duffy’s dramatic monologue and visual descriptions
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Mine” by Carol Ann Duffy "Before you were mine" is a poem written by a daughter about how she imagines her mother ’s life ten years before the daughter was born. The author describes the photo of her mother with two of her friends. They “shriek at the pavement” and seem to be sharing a joke‚ young and lightsome (line 4). She knows that the thought of having a child one day doesn ’t occur to her mother when she was young and had a lot of dreams. Now remembering her own childhood‚ Duffy thinks of
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Havisham A poem in which the speaker’s personality is gradually revealed is "Havisham" by Carol Ann Duffy. The poem is delivered in the persona of Miss Havisham‚ a character from Charles Dickens’ novel‚ "Great Expectations". In the poem‚ Miss Havisham was cruelly stood-up on her wedding day by her fraudster fiancé‚ and as a result she stopped all the clocks‚ stayed in her wedding dress and left the wedding banquet out for decades. Miss Havisham’s bitter and violent personality is revealed
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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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In both ‘Mrs Aesop’ and ‘Litany’ Duffy presents women at quite different angles. In ‘Mrs Aesop’ Duffy makes reference to women as blunt and constantly critisising‚ a trait that is very unusual for a feminist. Because of her jealousy she makes fun of his masculinity and insults him ‘the sex was diabolical’. Showing a stronger side to Mrs Aesop‚ but also a rather childish one. In Litany‚ the falseness of women’s lives and discussions are outlined. The child’s view on women meeting to look through a
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How does Carol Ann Duffy create character? The two poems I will be focusing on today are ’Girl talking’ and ’Lizzie‚six’. Both poems follow two innocent children that were abused either sexually or physically. There are two apparent themes in both poems‚ Loss of innocence and also Growing up. I will be discussing both of these and in which way are they portrayed in the poems I have chosen. ’Girl talking’ is a poem based on a young girl who was raped‚ and died as a result. The poem opens with
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