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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where Jimmy Valentine was assiduously stitching uppers‚ and escorted him to the front office. There the warden handed Jimmy his pardon‚ which had been signed that morning by the governor. Jimmy took it in a tired kind of way. He had served nearly ten months of a four year sentence. He expected to stay only about three months‚ at the longest. When a man with as many friends on the outside as Jimmy Valentine had is received in the "stir" it is hardly worth while to cut his hair."Now‚ Valentine‚" said the
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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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. Saint Valentine‚ officially known as Saint Valentine of Rome‚ is a third-century Roman saint widely celebrated on February 14 and commonly associated with "courtly love."Although not much of St. Valentine’s life is reliably known‚ and whether or not the stories involve two different saints by the same name is also not officially decided‚ it is highly agreed that St. Valentine was martyred and then buried on the Via Flaminia to the north of Rome.In 1969‚ the Roman Catholic
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In the poem Medusa by Carol Ann Duffy‚ who is the 1st female poet Laurate‚ destructive power of jealousy is described from Medusa’s point of view. Duffy also explores the physical effects of emotional distress when her suspicion‚ doubt and fear transform into a filthy snakes. Duffy displays these by using a powerful language‚ effective tones and different text structures. Carol Ann Duffy uses language very effectively to enhance the understanding and fluency of the poem. She uses alliterations
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times in this book. Multiple times Ender worries that he is like Peter‚ his brother. Ender’s sister and friend‚ Valentine‚ assures him that he isn’t like Peter and that he is better than Peter. While Ender is a combination of both personalities‚ his personality fits Valentine‚ since he was incredibly remorseful when he killed the Buggers. Ender‚ while resembling both Peter and Valentine‚ is also different than both of them. Ender is like Peter in many ways. Ender is very violent towards people he
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NOSTALGIA BY CAROL ANN DUFFY Linda Wang When we were younger we might have been homesick at school camps or sleepovers at someone that is not family. But we were lucky for the next day we would return to our family’s embrace but there are people out in the world that suffer from nostalgia for years and decades before being able to see their hometown again. In Nostalgia by Carol Ann Duffy‚ the mercenaries‚ strong brave men‚ described in the poem are tormented by the same feeling of nostalgia. In
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Edgar Allan Poe is famous for his short stories and poems which includes his acrostic poem “A Valentine”. As previously stated‚ “A Valentine” is an acrostic poem in which each line corresponds to the letter of the name of who it is about (1st line 1st letter‚ 2nd line 2nd letter‚ 3rd line 3rd letter‚ etc.) This spells out the name of his Valentine‚ Frances Sargent Osgood‚ of whom the poem is about. There are clues scattered throughout the poem in which the reader must figure out to discover the name
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People are always changing‚ so even one of the worst criminals around could end up becoming one of the best people around. Jimmy Valentine was a very good bank robber; he could break into any safe with ease. Now‚ Jimmy Valentine has changed his name to “Ralph Spencer‚” but not only did he changed his name he changed his life. Jimmy Valentine did many things that changed his lifestyle; he gave away all his tools that he used to break into banks‚ he planned to get married‚ and he broke into a safe
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