The poem Valentine is written by Carol Ann Duffy. Throughout the Poem she shows the positive and negative sides about love by comparing love to an onion. She does this by using different techniques such as language features such as metaphors‚ simlies‚ Imagery and word structure. All these techniques make it interesting because she uses an onion as a girft to represent love and relationships. In the begining of the poem Duffy starts off with a negative in opening line. "Not a red rose or a satin
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P2007 7 8. Louise Erdrich. “Prayer.” in The Norton Anthology of Poetry. Edited by Margaret Ferguson‚ Mary Jo Salter‚ Jon Stallworthy. 5th edition. New York‚ 500 Fifth Avenue‚ New York‚ NY 10110. W. W. Norton & Company‚ Inc.‚ 2005. P2007-P2008. P2008 9 Duffy‚ Carol Ann. “Prayer.” in The Norton Anthology of Poetry. Edited by Margaret Ferguson‚ Mary Jo Salter‚ Jon Stallworthy. 5th edition. New York: W. W. Norton & Company‚ Inc.‚ 2005. 2007-2008. 1. Erdrich‚ Louise. “Prayer.” in The Norton Anthology of Poetry
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Ann Duffy is about rites of passage‚ the transition from childhood to adolescence and the things we learn at school‚ from our teachers and from our peers. Duffy writes this accessible poem using a variety of techniques that make it a memorable read. The opening stanza has no real hint of what is to come: Duffy shows us a typical day in Mrs. Tilscher ’s class:You could travel up the Blue Nilewith your finger‚ tracing the routewhile Mrs Tilscher chanted the scenery. Throughout the poem Duffy refers
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poem Valentine‚ written by Carol Ann Duffy‚ the author uses and extended metaphor of an onion. Instead of a cute love card‚ flowers or even chocolate‚ Duffy suggest more of an originality is needed. Carol Ann Duffy creates impacts through an unusually gift of the onion. She challenges our minds about love‚ in a surprising‚ creative and unique way. Carol Ann Duffy starts off the poem with a negative‚ “Not a red rose or a satin heart. I give you an onion.” Duffy takes the usually gifts away and uses
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Shooting Stars 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 title choice‚ ’Shooting Stars’
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classmates. I’m here to talk about childhood. What is childhood? According to science‚ childhood is “the stage before puberty” or‚ to be more specific‚ “the state of a child between infancy and adulthood.” But childhood is so much more than a concrete reality defined by literal terms. It is an abstract concept. If‚ right now‚ I say that I have never ever ever had a Tamagotchi or played Mario Brothers – now‚ I know that you’re all thinking‚ “Wow‚ that girl has no childhood!” And that time when you found
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Carol Ann Duffy’s poem ‘Shooting Stars’ is a poem in which human suffering is effectively portrayed. Duffy uses the situation of Nazi persecution of the Jewish people to underline this. Duffy’s use of an ambiguous title‚ together with her imagery effectively explores this theme of human suffering. The poem’s title ‘Shooting Stars’ creates a sense of ambiguity. The general connotations applied to this phrase are that of a falling star or perhaps the beauty and brightness of fireworks. However
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Childhood happened like a blur‚ some instances standing out more than others. There is one place which definitely stands out from my childhood; it is in the woods‚ barely a mile away from my house – the place where I used to spend entire days with my friends. I lived on the border of my town‚ all I needed to get to the woods was to cross the narrow road‚ jump off the black old fence which was too short to hold anything in – or out and walk‚ feet shuffling through detritus along the curved path
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[pic] Name: Estefania Espergue Date: Thursday 27 September Review of "The Talk of the Child" by Jerome Bruner: "... Their issues relate to the way the child acquires the uses of their native language ... the emphasis is on pragmatic‚ in learning how to do things with words
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Mrs. Aesop In Mrs Aesop‚ Duffy‟s speaker does more than regret a loss; this time‚ her tone is resentful that the man she married has turned out to be an „Asshole‟. Mrs Aesop relies on the reader‟s foreground knowledge that Aesop (a Greek slave) was a literary genius responsible for inventing the allegorical mode; this is the world’s preconceived view of him. By contrast‚ his wife’s starting-point is that‚ no matter how entertaining and instructive Aesop‟s fables are‚ the man himself is a bore -
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