‘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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Changes in Jimmy Jimmy didn’t ever think he would ever change‚ but maybe she would change that. Jimmy Valentine is the main character in the story A Retrieved Reformation by O. Henry. In A Retrieved Reformation‚ Jimmy is a very skillful bank robber who goes through some major changes. Because Jimmy experiences some major changes‚ we know that he is a dynamic character. In the beginning‚ Jimmy is a very skillful‚ successful bank robber. He goes from being in and out of prison. The Governor released
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‘Valentine’ by Carol Ann Duffy is one of the most profound love poems in the world‚ with a strong message to all readers. The general idea that Duffy is trying to get across to us is how the gifts given at Valentine has no real meaning of true love. She uses many different techniques and figurative language to express her message. Evidently‚ there is no specific pattern of rhythm and rhyme‚ so therefore we can conclude that this poem is written in free verse. This highlights the fact that love has
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Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre February 14th‚ 1929 Why is the Massacre of St. Valentine’s significant? Setting Popular Gangsters of the 1920’s Reasons for Massacre The Plan That Morning on February 14th The Getaway Where was Moran? Where was Capone? Who was held Responsible? On February 14th‚ 1929‚ seven men were lined up and pumped with 90 bullets from two tommy guns‚ a sawed-off shotgun‚ and an automatic colt pistol. Victims were mostly shot in the head and torso. The incident took place in
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Ender’s Game is fulled with excited and suspence‚ but have you ever analyzed the relationship between the three siblings‚ Ender‚ Peter‚ and Valentine? If you think about it‚ they had a very complicated relationship because of their different personalities‚ roles in the story‚ and their relationships. Ender’s Game‚ by Orson Scott‚ science fiction shows evidence of how complicated it was. The first idea is the different personality traits that each sibling had. Second‚ the roles in the story that each
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Jimmy Valentine‚ an awfully arrogant‚ but charismatic‚ criminal‚ was featured in O. Henry’s short story “A Retrieved Reformation”. During the late 1800s‚ Elmore‚ Arkansas became an area with many mysterious happenings. Following a brief‚ ten month period of imprisonment‚ the evasive fugitive‚ Jimmy Valentine‚ was released. Moments after his release‚ the anti-hero immediately returned home to attain a suitcase possessing his own novelties of safe-cracking tools. A week after receiving the pardon slip
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Consider the treatment of love in Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Valentine’. Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Valentine’ ultimately depicts a highly cynical attitude towards love and conventional gestures of affection. The poem uses traditional images of valentine as a starting point‚ before showing how an onion is much more true to the nature of love. An extended metaphor of the onion is then used to depict Duffy’s underlying implication that love can be destructive on many different levels. One of the main ways in which
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In analyzing poetry‚ you need to consider the following elements: words images figurative language tone structure meaning Term Definition Simile Figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" Personification Figure of speech in which inanimate or nonhuman things are given human characteristics or abilities Metaphor Figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using any comparison words Apostrophe Figure of speech that directly addresses an abstract
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‘Valentine’ by Carol Ann Duffy and ‘Our Love Now’ by Martyn Lowery. These two poems were my first choice as they both link to the theme of love‚ yet they are significantly different as they show how their ideas of love differ. ‘Valentine’ has the idea that love is original and true rather than hiding behind false pretences i.e. ‘a red rose’ or ‘a satin heart’ (Duffy 1993). Whereas ‘Our Love Now’ has two different perspectives‚ the males idea is that although the relationship is broken it can be fixed
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