"In Mrs Tilscher ’s class" by Carol 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
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‘Valentine’ by Carol Ann Duffy Pupil Unit Includes Formative Assessment Strategies [pic] Critical Essay: Poetry ‘Valentine’ by Carol Anne Duffy [pic] By the end of this Unit you will be able to write Critical Essays on the poem ‘Valentine’. You will be able to write relevantly about the central concern(s)/theme(s) of the poem and be able to support your views by reference to appropriate poetic techniques. You will learn about/revise the following
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“Carol Ann Duffy should be part of Canon” Evaluate this statement. Carol Ann Duffy is a Scottish poet and playwright who was appointed the Poet Laureate in 2009‚ making her the first woman to hold the position. She has won numerous awards for her poetry‚ which addresses issues such as gender‚ violence and subjugation of women‚ from this many people define her as a feminist because she is passionate about the struggles of women; this is particularly portrayed in The Worlds Wife‚ which is a collection
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War Photographer by Ms. Duffy This poem is the only one by Ms. Duffy (in this selection) which is written in the third person. It is about a person who is clearly not the poet. The surface subject of the poem is the war photographer of the title but at a deeper level the poem explores the difference between "Rural England" and places where wars are fought (Northern Ireland‚ the Lebanon and Cambodia)‚ between the comfort or indifference of the newspaper editor and its readers and the
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one long Journey‚ with good as well as bad times in it. From childhood to old age‚ we strive forever to experience and learn‚ often positive as well as negative turns in life often bringing upon one a lot of change. In the poem ’originally’ by Carol Ann Duffy‚ one reads about a seemingly sudden change in a Childs life‚ where one is confronted with leaving their home‚ their country‚ to live somewhere else unknown. In ’Originally’‚ which is divided into three parts‚ one follows the experiences of a speaker
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Medusa by Carol Ann Duffy The poem Medusa explores the theme of jealousy and anger; the poet illustrates this using the extended metaphor of a Greek mythological creature Medusa‚ whose story describes her as a beautiful maiden that is turned into a hideous creature after being raped by Poseidon. The poet furthermore links this metaphor to the theme of feminism when she describes the women in the poem overpowering the man that hurt her. The language in this poem is quite harsh‚ emphasising the
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Compare and contrast how Duffy and Lochhead explore memories Both Carol Ann Duffy and Liz Lochhead provide an exploration of their childhood memories‚ and how these memories have changed and developed with age into analysis of social expectations of men and women in the 1960’s. In Duffys poem Litany and Lochheads poem 1953‚ both poets reflect on their childish perceptions of their parents conformity to social convention. Duffy and Lochhead excellently implement a dramatic monologue
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Carol Ann Duffy’s ’Queen Kong [From the world’s wife‚ 1998]’‚ is the feminine version of the American blockbuster movie king Kong‚ where a giant gorilla kidnaps a beautiful model whom he is fond of and climbs the empire state building with. However‚ Duffy’s version has switched up the roles‚ where the gorilla is now a woman‚ and the man who she kidnaps is referred to as ’the little man’ who she is very much in love with. In comparison to my second poem‚ ’To his Coy Mistress’ [1650] by Andrew Marvell
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For my transformation I choose the novel ‘Great Expectations’ by Charles Dickens and transformed it into a poem that targets the attitude and pain of the main character Miss Havisham. One of my main attempts was to focus on her loneliness and bitter personality. I wanted to grasp these points in particular to show the links between her attitude and hatred towards men and the world around her. She has a vengeful side which is portrayed in her violent language ‘stab’ and ‘death’. Her attitude towards
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WAR PHOTOGRAPHER LITERATURE Write about the poem‚ war photographer‚ which in my opinion is very effective in highlighting important social issues. Explain what these issues are and examine and discuss the various ways in which the poet conveys them. The poem is about a war photographer who has been to many war-torn places and has seen first hand what war is like. In the poem the poet‚ Carol Ann Duffy addresses the social issues of the cruelty of war‚ the issue of indifference of people at
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