duffy context/critics w poems Flashcards
Captain of the 1964 Top of the Form Team
“She writes in an everyday, conversational language” - British Council
Litany
Duffy was raised a Catholic but became an atheist as a teen
“Duffy’s themes include language + the representation of reality” - Woods
Nostalgia
“Her recollection of the past is always physically realised, often recalling all 5 senses” - Swale
Stafford Afternoons
“Time is personified as mean or spiteful” - Baty
Duffy moved to Stafford at 6
Brothers
Duffy grew up with 4 brothers
“Duffy’s poems explore how time is inevitably cruel” - Woods
Before You Were Mine
“Having a child turns you into an echo” - Duffy
In Duffy’s other poem ‘The way my mother speaks’, she recalls her mother with fondness
Confession
Duffy was raised a Catholic but became an atheist as a teen
“Poetry + prayer are very similar” - Duffy
The Good Teachers
Like Earning a Living
“She writes in an everyday conversational language” - British Council
The Cliche Kid
“All childhood is an emigration” - Duffy
Pluto
1930 - discovery of Pluto
Beachcomber
“A strain of nostalgia for childhood + the mysteriousness of its contours run through her poetry” - Forbes
Small Female Skull
“Exploration of the deepest recesses of human emotion, both joy and pain” - O’Reilly
Moments of Grace
“Her recollection of the past is always physically realised, often recalling all 5 senses” - Swale
First Love
“Duffy’s poetry was filled with lost loves and yearning for the past” - Viner
Relationship w Adrian Kay
Crush
“Duffy’s poetry was filled with lost loves and yearning for the past” - Viner
‘She has an optimistic side that Larkin did not, most visible in her many love poems’ - Randolph
Never Go Back
“Insight into such disturbed minds” - O’Reilly
The Grammar of Light
“Many of Duffy’s poems reflect Larkin’s” - Quinn
Valentine
“Examines love in many forms” - O’Riordan
Sleeping
“Insight into such disturbed minds” - O’Reilly
Close
“Memories return to linger over moments of transient happiness” - Lewison
“Examines love in many forms” - O’Riordan
Havisham
“Strong feminist edge” - Poetry Foundation
“Exploration of the deepest recesses of human emotion, both joy and pain” - Elizabeth O’Reilly
The Suicide
“Insight into such disturbed minds” - O’Reilly
The Windows
Room
“Many of Duffy’s poems reflect Larkin’s” - Quinn
Mean Time
“Time is personified as mean or spiteful” - Baty
Prayer
“Poetry + prayer are very similar” - Duffy
Grew up Catholic - became atheist at 6
