Mrs Midas
Mrs Midas by Carol Ann Duffy
Mrs Midas by Carol Ann Duffy is a poem written in the perspective of Mrs Midas, telling the story about her husband wishing selfishly for everything he touched to turn to gold. The poet used many great poetic techniques to portray interesting characters throughout the poem.
This poem is a retelling of an old myth Carol Ann Duffy puts a spin on it by changing the perspective and adding different parts to the story of Midas.
Duffy uses many similes and metaphors to simulate an interesting character. An example of this would be ‘unwrapping each other rapidly, like presents’ this simile is showing the eagerness of Mr and Mrs Midas and how passionate they were towards each other. The same way a child is when opening presents, the feeling that it’s impossible to wait any longer to see what is inside. This example tells us that Mr Midas’ wish was ruining everything between him and his wife. The character of Mrs Midas no longer felt they had the same passion and connection that they used too.
There was lots of good word choice in the poem describing the character of Mrs Midas. One quote from the poem being ‘fool’ this word explains a lot about Mrs Midas and how she’s feeling. Her emotions aren’t solid but she’s feeling a lot of regret and pity, being the women who married the fool can’t be nice for her and she must be feeling very disappointed and replaced as well, her husband now has gold to play with and he’s forgetting about her and being extremely selfish. This makes Mrs Midas interesting as she’s letting her feelings out and letting the reader see how she’s feeling about the situation.
The writing style of the poem has a very conversational tone. The poem doesn’t have any obvious rhyming but does play on words. The first stanza opens with ‘It was late September’ Showing that Mrs Midas is recalling on previous events allowing the reader to vision her with a peaceful life. This is until the snapping of the twig on the last
Mrs Midas by Carol Ann Duffy is a poem written in the perspective of Mrs Midas, telling the story about her husband wishing selfishly for everything he touched to turn to gold. The poet used many great poetic techniques to portray interesting characters throughout the poem.
This poem is a retelling of an old myth Carol Ann Duffy puts a spin on it by changing the perspective and adding different parts to the story of Midas.
Duffy uses many similes and metaphors to simulate an interesting character. An example of this would be ‘unwrapping each other rapidly, like presents’ this simile is showing the eagerness of Mr and Mrs Midas and how passionate they were towards each other. The same way a child is when opening presents, the feeling that it’s impossible to wait any longer to see what is inside. This example tells us that Mr Midas’ wish was ruining everything between him and his wife. The character of Mrs Midas no longer felt they had the same passion and connection that they used too.
There was lots of good word choice in the poem describing the character of Mrs Midas. One quote from the poem being ‘fool’ this word explains a lot about Mrs Midas and how she’s feeling. Her emotions aren’t solid but she’s feeling a lot of regret and pity, being the women who married the fool can’t be nice for her and she must be feeling very disappointed and replaced as well, her husband now has gold to play with and he’s forgetting about her and being extremely selfish. This makes Mrs Midas interesting as she’s letting her feelings out and letting the reader see how she’s feeling about the situation.
The writing style of the poem has a very conversational tone. The poem doesn’t have any obvious rhyming but does play on words. The first stanza opens with ‘It was late September’ Showing that Mrs Midas is recalling on previous events allowing the reader to vision her with a peaceful life. This is until the snapping of the twig on the last