2012 Originally In the poem “Originally‚” by Carol Ann Duffy‚ she is writing from a point of view of a child to adult for the reader to understand how she felt when she was a young girl moving to how she feels now. This poem is from the “The Other Country” collection‚ they all have a central theme of growing up with literary devices of imagery‚ diction‚ and alliteration threaded through the poem to help grab the reader’s attention. Duffy writes this poem using symbols as if she is telling the story
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the whistle blows is potentially ambiguous. In one level it simply refers to the controlling device used by the keeper but on another the poet might be reminding us that this sort of cruelty will continue until somebody exposes it for what it is. Duffy does effectively ’blow the whistle’ on such practices. The final line‚ with its reference to ’our mind’‚ neatly links the plural possessive pronoun with the singular noun ’mind’ indicating a collective voice for a species. The tense change to ’we will’
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In less than six minutes‚ this movie reveals with beauty and pure understanding the intimate world of children in which every little detail of living is experienced with sincerity‚ depth and the seriousness of a great event. The director‚ Alicia Duffy implies a truth of her own that is waiting to be read and sensed both through the visual language and clarity of this short film‚ and the aesthetic precision with which each shot is crafted.
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11/14/13 Scene Breakdown The scene I chose to write about is from one of my favorite movies‚ Blue Valentine. Directed by Derek Cianfrance‚ this movie is an examination of a marriage on the rocks‚ as well as the beginnings of a new one‚ by the same people. Ryan Gosling plays Dean‚ a high school dropout trying to make ends meet without any support from his family‚ and Michelle Williams plays Cindy‚ a pre-med student living with her unhappy parents. On an off chance‚ Dean and Cindy meet one another
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Why do I pee when I sneeze? This truly makes me displeased. What is that hair growing out of my chin? Where did it come from? Somewhere within? What is that flab when I hail for a cab? Why is it there? Why do I care? "Who is that face in the mirror?" I moan. The wrinkles‚ the crinkles‚ the dryness‚ the tone. Oh how the years have flown by‚ With friends and family‚ I know I can’t lie. But how can it be that my younger me‚ Has grown up dreading my ass that keeps spreading? I know what I need
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Interactive Oral Commentary: Stealing My name is Kate Sampson and today I will be analysing Carol Ann Duffy’s poem‚ Stealing. To begin with‚ I will provide some background information to help put the themes in this poem into context. It was published in the 1980’s during Margaret Thatcher’s Prime Ministership‚ it is essentially a political poem in response to a new culture of greed and selfishness that ignored the working-class. There were constant poll tax riots‚ miner’s strikes‚ homelessness
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love theme seems to be forbidden and secretive. This is shown When Duffy writes‚ "When you come on Thursday‚ bring me a letter. " A letter is something that to me seems very secretive‚ I think this is what Duffy uses to make it‚ relationships in this poem seem very secretive. In the poem Lovesick the poem seems much happier and upbeat‚ the poem seems to be about someone who wants their love to be known. In the opening line Duffy writes "I found an apple" I believe that the apple is representative
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What connections have you found between the ways Duffy and Pugh present social attitudes in their poems? Plan Intro: Duffy and Pugh present social attitudes in different ways... Duffy empowers women‚ Pugh has negative views on aging. Core Poem 1: standing female nude is about a woman who works for a poor wage for something which is out of her comfort zone… hello is about aging and how you get forgotten about. Isolation‚ powerless. Core Poem 2: Mrs midas is about the consequences of midas’s actions
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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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For my read aloud I read Louanne Pig in the Mysterious Valentine by Nancy Carlson to Tina Gwyn’s kindergarten class. This book is about a pig named Louanne who receives a valentine in her mailbox but‚ it is addressed from a secret admirer. She only has one clue about who sent it‚ she knows the person has a green pen because that is the color of the signature on the valentine. Louanne is determined to find out who sent it‚ so she spends her day snooping around hoping to find someone who owns a green
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