“Before You Were Mine” by Carol Ann Duffy and “Mother Any Distance” by Simon Armitage focus on the role of being a mother and having to give up something. In “Before You Were Mine” its Carol Ann Duffy’s mother letting go and giving up her carefree lifestyle‚ to take up the important role of a mother. Whereas in “Mother Any Distance” its Simon Armitage’s mother realising she has to let her son grow up and leave her grasps. The poem “Before You Were Mine” by Carol Ann Duffy‚ focuses on the fact that 10
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ENGLISH COURSEWORK - WAR POEMS The first poem is a pre-1900 poem written by Walt Whitman. It is called "Come Up From The Fields Father". This poem tells the story of how a family hear the news that their son has been wounded in battle. Firstly it describes his sister receiving the letter and calling for her father and mother. The poet then goes on to describe the settings of the farm and the background to it. "Where apples ripe in the orchards hang and grapes on the trellis’d vines." "The sky
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Havisham Essay The dramatic monologue “Havisham” by poet Carol Ann Duffy is a very emotive piece with despair‚ heartbreak and violence intertwining throughout. Duffy explores the emotion of despair in great depth through the use of various writing techniques such as oxymoron’s and imagery‚ in doing so it deepens the readers appreciation of the text. The dramatic monologue is based on a character from Charles Dickens novel “Great Expectations”. The main character Havisham is a lonely
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Havisham is Miss Havisham’s story in her own words. Miss Havisham reflects on her feelings for the man who left her‚ and the effect it has had on her. It explores how she could have come to be the woman she is. She remembers her ex in her dreams‚ and feels better until she wakes herself up trying to bite him. There is a sexual element to the dreams‚ and this is carried on into the violent end of the poem that wants him dead. The poem provides another insight into Miss Havisham‚ which gives the reader
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‘Compare the treatment of love in some of the poems you have studied ’ Poem at Thirty-nine‚ My last Duchess‚ Remember‚ Anne Hathaway‚ Havisham On my first Sonne. Poets have written love poems for centuries with the first said to be around 1000BC. But what is love? It is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as ‘ to have attachment to and affection for’. However‚ after studying various love poems‚ I have found that love is portrayed in many different ways. It can be possessive‚ hateful
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"Hitcher" By Simon Armitage‚ "Education For Leisure" By Carol Anne Duffy‚ "My Last Duchess" and "The Lab" by Robert Browning are all poems that deal with violence or the prospect of violence. ‘The Laboratory’ is a dramatic monologue about a woman who has discovered her husband is having an affair with two other women. She is plotting to poison both of the mistresses. My Last Duchess’ is also a dramatic monologue in which the Duke is telling his new bride father’s representative about a portrait of
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which poets portray the experience of love in 2 poems that you have read. You may wish to explore the types of love‚ the effects of love and how the poets use language and structure. In Havisham and Sonnet 43 we are given a good idea of how two poets can have different opinions on the experience of love. Havishams experience of love is violent with dark implications of death “Beloved sweetheart bastard.” The plosive alliteration of B emphasises her hatred towards her ex and shows her experience
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Comparing Literature Poems "HAVISHAM" In the poem "Havisham"‚ Carol Ann Duffy presents the subject of this poem as an old‚ embittered woman with "ropes on the back of her hands"‚ while Browning presents the subject of his poem as a strong and determined but very jealous and embittered young woman. The poem is written in the first person in the form of a dramatic monologue‚ "The Laboratory" by Robert Browning is also written in this form. Miss Havisham is aware of her own stink - because she does
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me…toward my hand?” “Art thou not…sensible…as to sight?” reflecting that he has the ability to reason. Macbeth transforms into someone requesting evil to “hear not my step” presenting us with the fact that he is asking for support to be inhumane. Duffy structures the poem like a monologue so the reader can track Havisham’s descent into inhumanity‚ as she descends further into madness. It begins with “beloved sweetheart” presenting the potential off love to someone wanting a “male corpse”. The monologues
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“What similarities and differences do you find in the ways the problems of characters in love are presented in Romeo and Juliet and a section of poems you have studied?” One problem we see with Romeo and Juliet’s love is that it is quite shallow. This is evident when Romeo saw Juliet. He says: “O‚ she doth teach the torches to burn bright!” (Line 43) This suggests that Romeo seems to highlighting how much Juliet
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