Havisham Notes

Question 1

What does lack of rhyme and enjambment do in the poem?

Answer 1

•It helps to create a more defined voice in poem

Question 2

Describe havishams voice in the poem and what it does.

Answer 2

•her voice is choppy stilted, emphasises the lack of order and structure to her thoughts

Question 3

What does occasional half rhymes and assonance do in the poem?

Answer 3

•helps to reinforce the lack of logic and the erosion of the speakers sanity/mind

Question 4

Describe the main themes in the poem.

Answer 4

•the corrosive nature of hatred on the human mind, giving miss havisham a voice outside of dickens novel. Duffy is able to make clear how the event of being jilter can completely shatter a person

Question 5

State the main moods in havisham and what it suggests.

Answer 5

•bitterness and caustic, its conveys how quickly love can be replaced with hatred and violence