Carol Ann Duffy Quotes

Question 1

Valentine - 8 quotes

Answer 1

1. “Moon wrapped in brown paper”
2. “Wobbling photo of grief”
3. “It promises light”
4. “Its platinum loops shrink to a wedding ring”
5. “Blind you with tears”
6. “Cling to your knife”
7. “Its fierce kiss will stay on your lips”
8. “Possessive and faithful”

Question 2

Originally - 9 quotes

Answer 2

1. “Fell through the fields”
2. “Brother swallow a slug”
3. “Big boys eating worms”
4. “Your accent wrong”
5. “My tongue shedding its skin like a snake.”
6. “All childhood is an emigration”
7. “As the miles rushed back to the city”
8. “Bawling, Home, Home.”
9. “My parents anxiety stirred like a loose tooth”

Question 3

War Photographer -12 quotes

Answer 3

1. “All flesh is grass”
2. “Spools of suffering”
3. “In his dark room”
4. “a half formed ghost”
5. “ordered rows’
6. “Five or six for sundays supplement” 7. “he stares impassively”
7. “The reader’s eyeballs prick with tears”
8. “Belfast, Beirut, Phnom, Penh.”
9. “Rural England”
10. “Solutions slop in trays”
11. “Blood stained into foreign dust”

Question 4

Mrs Tilschers Class - 10 Quotes

Answer 4

1. “Tana. Ethiopia”
2. “Skittle of milk”
3. “Brady and Hindley faded”
4. “Inky tadpoles changed”
5. “That feverish July”
6. “Stared at your parents, appalled”
7. “Heavy, sexy sky”
8. “The air tasted of electricity”
9. “Impatient to be grown”
10. “The sky splits open into into a thunderstorm”

Question 5

Originally
“all childhood is an emigration” What does this suggest?

Answer 5

This metaphor reveals one of the key ideas explored by Duffy in this work as she considers the wider more genetic experience of childhood itself. One person to a different person. Movement from original country to another. Childhood is like that with the continuous movement and different world.

Question 6

What does “swallow a slug” in originally suggest?

Answer 6

Suggests the brothers have adapted into their new world. Successful transitions. Sibiliance of “s” suggests slug going down nicely.

Question 7

what does “And I hesitate” in originally suggest?

Answer 7

reinforces uncertainty

Question 8

What does “All flesh is grass” suggest

Answer 8

From the bible - all end up dead and in the soil. Fragility of life.

Question 9

“spools of suffering set out in ordered rows”

Answer 9

Just as ranks of soldiers or mass graves are set out in neat ordered rows, so too are photograph spools to reflect the pain and horror which is captured in them. The fact that they are neatly organised shows that he takes his job seriously. The images captured are very serious and are crucial to his job

Question 10

What technique does “black and white” in War photographer have?

Answer 10

Irony - black and white = clear to see and the photos are taken in black and white.

Question 11

What does “he earns his living” suggest about the Photographer

Answer 11

Suggests distance from home. Distancing himself from it. Also physical distance in aeroplane.

Question 12

What does “jumping and croaking” suggest?

Answer 12

The kids leaving school

Question 13

‘heart of gold’ what does this suggest?

Answer 13

‘heart of gold’ imagery usually associated with kindness/compassion is used ironically to show the reality/impossible nature of her situation

Question 14

‘perfect ore limbs’ what does this suggest?

Answer 14

• ‘perfect ore limbs’ irony suggests the futility of her dreams for a child

Question 15

‘amber eyes’ what does this description of her dream baby suggest?

Answer 15

‘amber eyes’ disturbing image suggests lifelessness conveying that even in her dreams the consequences of Midas’ actions are ever present

Question 16

‘dream milk’ What does this suggest?

Answer 16

‘dream milk’ suggests her anguish at the realisation that she will never bear his child.

Question 17

‘burned in my breasts’ What does this suggest

Answer 17

‘burned in my breasts’ suggest her longing for a child was painful