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    Stealing- Carol Ann Duffy

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    “Show how the poet explores the themes of Isolation and loneliness‚ and to what extent your appreciation of the theme was deepened by the poet’s treatment?” Stealing is one of the many Carol Ann Duffy poems in which the themes of isolation and loneliness are explored. The poem is about a person who has nothing to live for‚ because of this they have fallen into a life of stealing items that are worthless and have no sentimental meaning to them‚ the thief steals simply because they and get a thrill

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    ‘Valentine’ by Carol Ann Duffy Pupil Unit Includes Formative Assessment Strategies [pic] Critical Essay: Poetry ‘Valentine’ by Carol Anne Duffy [pic] By the end of this Unit you will be able to write Critical Essays on the poem ‘Valentine’. You will be able to write relevantly about the central concern(s)/theme(s) of the poem and be able to support your views by reference to appropriate poetic techniques. You will learn about/revise the following

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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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    narrator does this by close reference to the poem. ‘In Mrs Tilscher’s Class’ by Carol Ann Duffy is a poem about a young person entering the transition from childhood to adolescence. She shows the safety and security of the class through the use of techniques such as simile‚ listing and diction. However‚ she also hints at the dangers one will confront if they were to leave the classroom through the use of diction. One way Duffy shows the safety and security in Mrs Tilscher’s class is by comparing it to

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    Compare and contrast the ways in which Carol Ann Duffy presents female characters in ’The World’s Wife’. The Worlds Wife is a joyous collection of poems about women which was published in 1999‚ which are given a voice in society as the original stories/myths gave women no say. The poems features biblical‚ mythical and historical which are very well known. All the poems are dramatic monologues in a feminist approach. Most poems are seen as witty‚ interesting and hilarious. The main themes shown

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    How Does Carol Ann Duffy Convey How Grief Changes Over Time In Mrs Lazarus The poem Mrs Lazarus‚ by Carol Ann Duffy‚ portrays a woman (Mrs Lazarus) going through the stages of grief after her husband passes away. In this essay‚ I will be exploring the ways in which Duffy conveys how grief changes over time. The poem begins with Mrs Lazarus’s state of anguish over her husband’s death. The words “howled‚ shrieked‚ clawed” evoke a sense of rawness in the reader‚ and the image that comes to mind

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    Shooting Stars By Carol Ann Duffy‚ a critical response. This shows an example of Analysis‚ Evaluation‚ Structure and Expression Date: 29/06/2012 Author Information Uploaded by: Karen Uploaded on: 29/06/2012 Subject: English "Shooting stars" by Carol Anne Duffy is a disturbing and tragically intriguing poem. In the poem‚ Duffy creates a picture of a heroic figure enduring life within a concentration camp‚ in the form of the narrator. This admirable figure tugs at the heart strings of the

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    Carol Ann Duffy

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    Carol Ann Duffy decided to write poems about two secluded women who are both bizarre and both reclusive‚ but for very different reasons. I would like to show how Carol Ann presented those distinctions and similarities. To begin with‚ the tone of the poem is very different Salome’s tone is somewhat nonchalant and Havisham’s tone is disheartening. In Havisham‚ Carol Ann Duffy uses alliteration to emphasise Ms Havisham’s hatred and frustration‚ by using the repetition of the fierce ‘b’ sound which

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    Carol Ann Duffy

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    Analysis by theme – Carol Ann Duffy CHILDHOOD Notes from “Originally” Repeatedly returns to the metaphor of childhood as a “country” – echoes of L.P. Hartley’s “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there. Notion of past being intimately associated with place‚ and that adulthood is a journey away from it. “All childhood is an emigration.”/ “I want our own country”. Fear of being in an alien place as a child reflected in the alienation of adult life. “I lost a river

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    Carol Ann Duffy

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    Carol Ann Duffy is a time traveller. Her poetry frequently steps to one side of an experience and redraws its ostensible shape‚ smudging away at any exclusive edges‚ so that the supposed fixity of an experience or relationship becomes more plastic‚more malleable. I love this creativity in Duffy‚ this capacity for the ‘what if’ or ‘reframe’ in Carol Ann Duffy. For like all great writers‚ she is prepared to renegotiate experience and the past. She believes in resurrection through remembrance‚ and

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