towards another person in ‘In Paris with You’ and ‘Quickdraw’. The speaker in ‘In Paris With You’ implies that he has recently experienced the painful ending of at least one romantic relationship‚ "Don’t talk to me of love. I’ve had an earful...". On the one hand his attitude to love is cynical and dismissive. However‚ there are also hints that he may not be as vehemently opposed to beginning a new romantic attachment as he initially claims. The speaker in ‘Quickdraw’ is also experiencing conflict
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How do the Poets James Fenton and Carol Ann Duffy Present the Pain of Love in their Poems ‘In Paris with You’ and ‘Quickdraw’? James Fenton and Carol Ann Duffy are both contemporary poets. Their poems ‘In Paris with You’ and ‘Quickdraw’ both include the themes of the pain of love. This essay compares how the two poets present the pain of love in their poems‚ exploring things such as imagery‚ vocabulary and form and structure. One way in which the poets present their ideas about the pain of love
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Comparison of “The Manhunt” and “Quickdraw" Structure: - I personally feel that the structure of the two poems "The Manhunt" and "Quickdraw" vary a lot with each other in many different ways. Firstly‚ "The Manhunt" has been arranged in very short‚ precise‚ two- lined‚ separate stanzas. I think Simon Armitage did this to emphasize the SMALL steps in this painstaking process of returning a man to the real world after all the suffering and traumatizing scenes he has witnessed in war. There is also
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Compare the methods the poets use to present intimacy and closeness in relationships in ‘The Manhunt’ and ‘In Paris With You’. Both poems focus on the difficulties of being close to another person after past experiences. The male speaker in the poem ‘In Paris with You’ is unwilling to discuss his experiences of the past because he was “bamboozled” and is now focusing on the present‚ “I’m on the rebound”. The husband in ‘The Manhunt’ is similarly closed on the subject of the past because of his
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positive as well as negative perceptions of love. The four poems that embody these different features are ‘Hour’ by Carol Ann Duffy‚ ‘Sonnet 116’ by William Shakespeare‚ ‘In Paris with you’ by James Fenton and ‘Quickdraw’ by Carol Ann Duffy. Two poems that share similar feelings about love are ’in Paris with you’ and ’Quickdraw’ as they both explore the theme of conflict and emotional pain instigated by love. Fenton makes it clear in the first stanza that the speaker has been hurt in the past‚ claiming
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cliched romantic backdrop of Paris. However‚ upon closer inspection it seems that despite the overt romantic language and imagery there is also a dark side of this poem suggesting that the heartbroken speaker is merely looking for some company to help them deal with the fallout of a failed relationship.The title of the poem‚ ’In Paris With You’ establishes what the reader supposes is the setting of the poem: Paris. It is perhaps useful to remember that some people refer to Paris as ’the city of romance’
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In Paris with You is recounted by a (thenarrator) whose relationship has just ended and who is now in Paris with someone else ("I’m on the rebound"). This suggests a long-term relationship has ended and the speaker is currently enjoying a less serious liaison. The narrator doesn’t want to examine the aftermath of the serious relationship: he doesn’t want to talk things over or even visit galleries or landmarks; he just wants to enjoy the moment rather than thinking of the future or the past. Structure
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How does ’Manhunt’ and ’Quickdraw’ present difficult experiences of love? (45 minutes) The poem ’Manhunt’ was written by Simon Armitage for women experiencing marital problems after their husbands returned from war. Similarly‚ ’Quickdraw’ has a main theme of painful love and the hope of repairing it. Both poets explore the idea of the women desperately attempting to fix their damaged relationships and describing the suffering that it brings with it. Simon Armitage devises war metaphors and phrases
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‘In Paris With You’ by James Fenton and ‘Hour’ by Carol An Duffy James Fenton born 25th of April 1949 is a modern English poet‚ journalist a literary critic and was also a former Oxford professor of poetry. He wrote several books about poetry mostly about relationship and war like the collection of poems ‘The Memory of War’. He received multiple of awards for his poetry‚ the latest was in 2007 when he was rewarded a ‘Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry’. Carol Ann Duffy born 23 December 1955 is also
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through punishment and subversion was not very successful. At first‚ destroying lanterns were random individual manifestations against the government’s surveillance‚ but later‚ they evolved into an organised force that overturned the system. The 1830 Paris revolt and the 1848 French Revolution were marked by lantern smashing. Both of these revolutions resulted in bringing down monarchies and‚ thus‚ old systems. Once the rebels took over‚ the symbolic meaning and use of street lights changed. Sreet
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