“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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term captain is synonymous with the term leader. By definition‚ a leader is someone who is in an advanced position to take the initiative in order to go forth and show the way. A dance captain should be able to make intelligent and creative decisions quickly and efficiently. Dance teams are all about unity. An exceptional group glides across the floor with all of its dancers moving as one. There are no individual standouts. No weak links. But there is one person whose job is to make the team as strong
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-Christina’s POV This was it. All I had to do was block this last kick and I would be team captain. I’ve been waiting since last year and I’m not planning on letting one kick knock me off of my chance to be captain. Taking in deep breaths of air I stood in the goal ready to pounce at any object trying to get in‚ looking straight I see the next kicker‚ Ayden. She’s one of our best players I’ll give her that‚ her foot work is great and her kicks‚ oh god her kicks are even better. I’ve never spoken
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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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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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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 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 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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Team Sports Captains: Effective Leadership Roles Captains of sports teams are given the stereotype that they are the most athletic player on the team‚ scoring the most goals and handling the ball best. In truth‚ captains have a lot of work they have to do that doesn’t even involve playing the sport. Captains are the most looked at player of the game; other players‚ younger kids and coaches look to them to set examples. They have to set examples in every aspect of the game; athleticism might be part
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