“The Cyclist” poetry commentary “The Cyclist” is a poem by Louis MacNeice which romanticizes the fleeting joys of childhood. These joys are emphasised through imagery of summer – be it activities‚ food‚ the beach‚ a bicycle ride‚ various techniques such as juxtaposition and enjambment are used to evoke fond memories from the reader. MacNeice’s poem is set in the southwest of England‚ on a hill with a chalk horse carved into it. It is during the height of summer‚ when the grasshoppers are buzzing
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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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What techniques has Carol Ann Duffy used in her poetry to make old stories and fables relevant to modern audiences? Comment on upon the use of language‚ imagery and structure. ’Mrs. Faust’ is written in the casual‚ contemporary style which suits its setting and adds fittingly to the collection of ’The Worlds Wife’. In this collection most poems explore the feminist principles or the modern state of them. This poem however‚ introduces a new issue to the collection; the materialistic nature of
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Response to War Photographer War Photographer is a poem by Carol Ann Duffy‚ published in a book called Standing Female Nude in 1985. The purpose is to shock people out of their complacency of war. Duffy has a view the war is filled with pain and that people in peaceful society can’t really understand the full impact of war. The audience is whoever is interested in poetry. These days the audience for poetry is limited. Duffy is friends with two noted war photographers‚ and they inspired her to write
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Writing About Poetry Stealing Introduction • Poem’s title in inverted commas: ‘Stealing’ • Poet’s name: Carol Ann Duffy • Respond to wording of the task • Briefly (two or three lines) explain what happens in the poem • Display an understanding of the poem • Mention the techniques used by Duffy‚ which you will be discussing Narcissistic‚ violent‚ uncaring; the narrator of Carol Ann Duffy’s dramatic monologue ‘Stealing’ is most certainly an unpleasant character. The narrator‚ apparently in
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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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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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and comfortable‚ to a suffering sentence. The landlady is sin control‚ and the speaker‚ a young university student‚ cannot escape from the landlady‚ physically nor mentally. The Landlady is effectively written in free verse and is a run-on style of poetry‚ allowing the readers emotions and thoughts to carry to the next line all the way to the end of the poem. The poem runs for 9 stanzas‚ all of which vary in the number of lines. The shorter stanzas are in the beginning and in the end; where as the
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Compare your Responses to ‘Kid’ by Simon Armitage with you Responses to one poem Carol Ann Duffy and tow from the pre-1914 Poetry Bank Poets use features of form‚ structure and language to force the reader to respond in different ways to different poems. Different methods of language are used by poets to produce different feelings about a speaker or generate descriptions of certain people. ‘Kid’ by Simon Armitage is a poem focusing on the partnership of Batman and Robin. It is a monologue from
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Shooting Star – Carol Ann Duffy The poem ’Shooting Stars’ by Carol Ann Duffy tells a shocking story of a female prisoner held by Nazis in a concentration camp around the time of the Holocaust. The poem is set in 1940‚ Hitler and his Nazi party had taken control of most of Europe and had vowed to exterminate the entire Jewish race. Duffy’s haunting use of imagery and word choice make this poem so memorable and its very strong opening prepares the reader for the rest of the poem. The
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