As a student I have read many poems through my school years‚ but I have three poems that are my favorite there are "Lady Lazarus" by Sylvia Plath. "Stopping by the woods on a snowy evening" by Robert Frost and "Driving to town late to mail a letter" by Robert Bly. These poems are my favorite because I can relate in some aspects on a personal level in "Lady Lazarus"‚" Stopping by the woods on a snowy evening" and "Driving to town to mail a letter" reminds of nature. Sylvia Plath is one of my favorite
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40 lines of poetry by Carol Ann Duffy and discuss how far these lines reflect her view on love as presented in “The Worlds Wife” “Thetis” by Carol Ann Duffy explores feminist views of the writer which is demonstrated through the pursuit to find love and the power struggle for female independence. Thetis is one of Duffy’s poems in the cluster “The Worlds Wife”‚ which has not been defined by a prefix of “Mrs” unlike the poems “Mrs Lazarus”‚ “Mrs Midas” and “Mrs Aesop”. Duffy empowers women by giving
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How does Carol Ann Duffy Present Different Feelings about Love in “Hour” and “Quick Draw” Caroline Ann Duffy had made it a common opinion in her writing that she believes love is a crawl thing. However in both “Hour” and “Quick Draw”‚ she talks about love in an appreciative way. Although in the two poems‚ it has two very different circumstances in a relationship. Similarly both poems‚ is themed around a relationship‚ however the differences being that Hour describes the situation with a vast amount
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Comp 111-B 81 Foley No Resurrection Sylvia Plath’s poem Lady Lazarus‚ signifies her struggle with life through suicide and resurrection. While the tone of the poem is quite morbid‚ the theme of death throughout the poem is portrayed in a positive manner. Some may argue that the poem illustrates resurrection‚ but in actuality‚ it depicts the writer’s wishes to be dead‚ and a lack of wanting to try and make life work. The author makes many references to killing herself and it comes across
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Bibliography Duffy‚ C. (1999) The World’s Wife‚ London: Picador Word Count Total: 1329 Words Without Quotations‚ Bibliography‚ and Poem Titles: 1193 Words Michael Owens 4175 How typical‚ in terms of language‚ style‚ structure and concerns is ‘Anne Hathaway’ of the collection? Carol Ann Duffy presents Anne Hathaway as a character who is deeply in love with her partner whom she is writing a poem for. This poem shows that the collection is not an act of revenge‚ as it shows
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Carol Ann Duffy &Sheenagh Pugh LT1 exam The alliterative ’m’ in ’Magnificiant‚ she murmurs ‚ moving on’ creates a seductive slow pase tone which constructs a dream like feeling‚ again distancing herself away from her reality. In the third stanza Duffy brings the two characters together revealing the fact that they’re not so different. The metaphorical use of ’stiffens’ creates a sexual imagery along with another sexual reference‚ ’he dips the brush repeatedly’ suggesting that he is responding sexually
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2) What are your feelings about the photographer and his work as you read the poem? Show how the words of the poem have created these feelings in you. After reading Carol Ann Duffy’s poem the “War Photographer”‚ I feel pitiful for the war photographer‚ knowing that he cannot that he would not be able to lead a normal life once the memories from the battlefield haunts him. I also feel that we as society are glad to keep a distance from the harsh realities of war while being just superficially sympathetic
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Commentary on Lady Lazarus Sylvia Plath uses dark imagery‚ disturbing diction‚ and allusions to shameful historical undertakings to create a morbid yet unique tone that reflects the necessity of life and death in her poem‚ Lady Lazarus. Even though the imagery‚ diction and allusions presented in Lady Lazarus are entirely dark and dreary‚ it seems‚ looking more closely at Plath’s use of poetic devices‚ as if that the speaker’s attitude towards death is a positive one. The speaker longs for death
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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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in 1962‚ Sylvia Plath said‚ "I believe that one should be able to control and manipulate experiences‚ even the most terrifying..." In using her own experiences with attempted suicide and involuntary resurrection‚ Plath has done just that in "Lady Lazarus." Plath continued with: "I think that personal experience is very important‚ but certainly it shouldn’t be a kind of shut-box and mirror-looking‚ narcissistic experience. I believe it should be relevant‚ and relevant to the larger things‚ the bigger
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