similar themes in their poetry; the theme of family relationships is illustrated in the poems ’Brothers’ and ’Before you were mine’ by Duffy and in ’Daddy’ and ’Medusa’ by Plath. All four poems portray a speaker looking back over relationships within their family members‚ however the context varies; in ’Daddy’‚ it is implied that a relationship between a father and a young girl has been cut short by death‚ resulting in a psychological battle between the speaker and an image of her father she has created
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loss is “Mother‚ Any Distance”. The link between them is the grief of when the child has to move on and find their own path moving away from their old home and family. This is conveyed through “ I reached towards the hatch”‚ where Armitage uses the verb “reach” to amplify that it still has to take effort for the persona to be able to retrieve what he wants. By reaching towards the hatch‚ he is moving away from something‚ linking to the context‚ it could be suggested that he is moving away from his mother
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Duffy & Plath present “Family relationships” in “Ariel & Mean Time” Carol Ann Duffy and Sylvia Plath have written aboutfamily relationships in a positive view as well as in a negative way too‚ in poems Medusa and Before you were mine‚ whether it’s about in favour or against family Love and relationships. In this extract there are four poems written by Carol Ann Duffy and Sylvia Plath. Which are‚ “Brothers” and “Lady Lazarus” including “Medusa” and “Before You Were Mine”. All four poems discuss the
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Critical Essay – “Before you were mine” “Before you were mine” by Carol Ann Duffy is a very emotionally charged poem about loss and cherished memories. The poet explores the significance of the past by looking back nostalgically and celebrating her mother’s previous‚ glamorous life before she was blessed with her child. The poet uses the techniques of tone‚ word choice and imagery to focus clearly on her life before she‚ the poet herself‚ ever existed. Duffy’s overall tone throughout the poem
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Relationship between Mother and Child Janessa L. Visser Columbia College A relationship is one of the best ways to describe a loving interaction between human-beings. In particular the mother and child relationship is a dynamic view of how all aspects of theoretical perspectives of psychology can play an influence. I walk through the stages of bonding through the creation to the beginning of those dreaded teenage years. Furthermore through the paper explanations on how the child: learns‚ observes
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How Does Duffy Vividly Portray her Mother and their Relationship in “Before You Were Mine”? Firstly‚ there are several examples of Duffy implying a strong relationship of love and admiration between herself and her mother. For instance‚ this is conveyed when Duffy describes her mother’s polka dot dress as blowing around her legs‚ before referring to her as “Marilyn”. This immediately draws the audiences’s minds to the fifties‚ and the iconic image of the glamorous Marilyn Monroe with her polka
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Before You Were Mine ‘Before You Were Mine’‚ written by Carol Ann Duffy is a poem about the adoration that the writer feels for her mother. Her feelings are revealed in first person. Duffy uses a range of narrative techniques like onomatopoeia‚ metaphors and short sentences which stand out and make the writer’s point clear. These techniques help reveal the author’s changing attitude from selfish and possessive to loving and affectionate‚ when considering the younger version of her mother. After
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The University of Queensland 28/03/2013 EDUC 3701: Assessment Task 1 Essay: Parent to child‚ child to parent influences Author: Nicole Castledine (s42590480) Tutor: Gregory Vass Introduction Students who are gifted and talented are recognized as those with an innate ability in any domain that places them within the top 10% of their age peers (Collins‚ 2011; Gifted and Talented Children‚ 2013). What constitutes giftedness varies in cultures and society‚ however gifts
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“Before You Were Mine” by Carol Ann Duffy "Before you were mine" is a poem written by a daughter about how she imagines her mother ’s life ten years before the daughter was born. The author describes the photo of her mother with two of her friends. They “shriek at the pavement” and seem to be sharing a joke‚ young and lightsome (line 4). She knows that the thought of having a child one day doesn ’t occur to her mother when she was young and had a lot of dreams. Now remembering her own childhood
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“Before you were mine” uses first person and is written using the patterns of ordinary speech as if the poet is speaking directly to her mother. Although much of what she talks about takes place before Duffy was born she makes her presence felt by using ’I’ to start many phrases. ’I’m ten years away.’ The poet seems to have been stimulated to write after seeing an old photo of her mother enjoying herself with some girl friends when she was a teenager. The poem is written in the present tense as if
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