Carol Ann Duffy Flashcards
What is the form and structure of havisham
4 stanzas, unrhymed
Lack of rhyme and presence of enhancement give havisham a broken stilted voice
Choose 4 important quotes from Havisham
Dark green pebbles for eyes
Spinster. I stink and remember
till I suddenly bite awake
Don’t think it’s only the heart that b-b-breaks
Form and structure of Anne Hathaway
Sonnet - 14 line
Volta - split in half
Use of assonance
Much softer
4 important Anne Hathaway quotes
I hold him in the casket of my widows head as he held me upon that next best bed
My body now a softer rhyme
The bed a page beneath his writers hands
Form and structure of Originally
3 stanzas of 8 lines
Lack of rhyme
Important Originally quotes
I stared at the eyes of a blind toy, holding its paw
All childhood is an emigration
My parents anxiety stirring like a loose tooth
I rember my tongue shedding it’s skin like a snake
Form and structure of valentine
Irregular stanzas
Important quotes
Not a red rose or a satin heart
I give you an onion
It will blind you with tears/ like a lover
Lethal.
It’s scent will cling to you fingers,
cling to your knife
War photographer structure
4 stanzas, 6 lines each
Each stanza ends with a rhyme
Important quotes from war photographer
spools of suffering
Solutions slop in trays beneath his hands which did not tremble then though seem to now
Blood stained into foreign dust
A hundred agonies in black-and-white
Form and structure of Mrs Midas
11 stanzas
Irregular length to show how unpredictable life is
Important Mrs Midas quotes
He was standing under the pear tree snapping a twig
Spitting out the teeth of the rich
Look, we all have wishes; granted. but who has wishes granted?
He sat in the back.