“Valentine” is a controversial love poem written by Carol Ann Duffy. Throughout the poem the poetess compares love to an onion and she does that by using a variety of techniques such as imagery‚ symbolism‚ word choice and structure. All these techniques justify why “Valentine” is an unusual love-poem as they help the poet express her different point of view. Overall‚ the poem is unusual as its title mistakenly leads the reader into thinking that the poem will be typical. I felt deeply moved by the
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“Shooting Stars” Critical Essay In this critical essay I will be writing on account of “shooting Stars” by Carol Ann Duffy. Duffy successfully reveals the true horrors of the Second World War using a wide variety of poetic techniques‚ of which in this task I will evaluate and finally conclude with my own opinion. Throughout the dramatic monologue Duffy encourages sympathy towards the female persona by using a range of imagery‚ structure and word choice. The persona appears to be a woman who
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Originally Introduction Memories play a significant role in the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy‚ particularly her recollections of childhood places and events. The poem “Originally‚” published in The Other Country (1990)‚ draws specifically from memories of Duffy’s family’s move from Scotland to England when she and her siblings were very young. The first-born child‚ Duffy was just old enough to feel a deep sense of personal loss and fear as she traveled farther and farther away from the only place she
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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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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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Havisham is a poem by Carol Ann Duffy. It is part of the Mean Time collection that was released in 1998. Havisham is a poem about that fits into Carol Ann Duffy’s body of work throughout this collection as it deals with the theme of memory and nostalgia and it charts the impact of time on the character fates in this instance which is related to love‚ life‚ loss‚ and death‚ and its damaged irreconcilable relationships also form a part of this poem. This poem is typical of Carol Ann Duffy’s writing style
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Carol Ann Duffy’s poem ‘War Photographer’ published in 1985‚ explores the two contrasting worlds in which a war photographer lives in: the warzones of Belfast‚ Beirut and Phnom Penh and his calm home town in Rural England. This poem was based on Duffy’s numerous conservations with Don McCullin‚ an internationally known British photojournalist who specialised in war photography and urban poverty also known as the ‘the underside of society’. By sharing his experiences‚ Duffy evokes both disturbing
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1. ‘LITTLE RED CAP’ ‘LRC’ is a poem written by Carol Ann Duffy‚ and is the first poem in the anthology ‘The World’s Wife’‚ published in 1999. By interpreting the fairytale of Little Red Riding Hood in her poem‚ Duffy recounts her ten years of marriage to Adrian Henri‚ who was twenty-three years old her senior. She places herself as the character of Little Red Cap and Henri as the wolf. Duffy also alludes to fairytales such as ‘Sleeping Beauty’ in ‘Queen Herod’ or more traditional stories like ‘The
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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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