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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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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In this essay I will compare the two different poems ’Human Interest’ and ’Cousin Kate’. They are written by different poets‚ ’Human Interest’ is written by Carol Ann Duffy‚ whom was born in 1955 which means it is modern twentieth century language. ’Cousin Kate’ is written by Christina Rossetti‚ who was born in 1830 and died in 1984‚ making this pre-twentieth century language. The narrator in ’Human Interest’ is male‚ he is locked up in prison for stabbing his allegedly unfaithful partner. The narrator
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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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leisure and Shakespeare’s Macbeth both have a very strong link to ambition and power‚ but they are by no means positive ambitions. In this essay I am going to analyse and compare the two piece of text. The poem ’Education for Leisure’ by Carol Ann Duffy features an enigmatic character whose personality is gradually revealed throughout the poem. The poem explores a character disillusioned with the education system under Thatcher rule and the detrimental effect this has on the individual. The poem starts
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The World’s Wife- Carol Ann Duffy Notes Context on CAD -Born in 1955 -Scottish -Lesbian -Studied Philosophy -Appointed Poet Laureate in 2009 -Writes mostly in dramatic monologue -Known for social commentary/serious insights in humorous poems In World’s Wife: -Writes from the POV of female characters‚ usually ones with male counterparts -Purpose is to raise awareness of such understated characters -and to reinvent them opposed to traditionally held views- finding fresh ways of looking
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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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“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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