Duffy Critical Flashcards
Woods (language)
Carol Ann Duffys poetry is a continual acknowledgement and exploration of the limits of language
British council
she writes in everyday conversational language
O’reilly (humour)
‘incorporates humor with serious insights and social commentary
poetry foundation
strong feminist edge
O’Reilly (meaning)
Explores the way in which meaning and reality are constructed through language
Deryn Rees-Jones
Duffy’s use of the dramatic monologue allows a socialisation of the self
rowland
Meantime reflects on the complex relationship between time and significations, in particular when focusing on memory
Woods (time)
“Duffy’s poems explore how time is inevitably cruel and takes things away from us”
Thomas
“Duffy’s poetry examines the magic power of words”
Michelis
Meantime focuses on the plight of the self
Viner
“duffy’s poetry was filled with lost loves and a yearning for the past”
o’rordian
examines love in many forms
Preston
“(there’s a persistent sense in her work that) love involves as much suffering as it does joy”
