Loud

Question 1

C-What is feminity percieved not to be?

Answer 1

Not outspoken. loud or opinionated

Question 2

C-How have women been percieved historically?

Answer 2

No rights to vote or own property so not deemed of value.

Question 3

C-Where is the epigraph taken from?

Answer 3

From a guardian report of the Us Bombing of Afghanistan

Question 4

C-Why does Duffy begin with an epigraph?

Answer 4

The woman is responding to the horror of the news and thus getting louder and louder.

Question 5

How many stanzas?

Answer 5

8

Question 6

‘Ripped out her throat like a firework’ Technique

Answer 6

Simile

Question 7

‘Ripped out her throat like a firework’ Meaning

Answer 7

Painful and unnatural discovery of voice as women are not expected to have a voice.

Question 8

‘She could roar’ Technique

Answer 8

Onomatopoeia and metaphor

Question 9

‘She could roar’ Meaning

Answer 9

suggets power that has come from within her. Juxtaposes conventions and illustrates the significance of the female voice.

Question 10

‘Muslim, Jews, Christians’ Technique

Answer 10

Asyndetic listing

Question 11

‘Muslim, Jews, Christians’ Meaning

Answer 11

Major religions which the news creates unnecessary conflict and competition between Emphasises her frustration. Villainises the news.

Question 12

‘Hiss of a thrown spear’ Technique

Answer 12

Sibilance

Question 13

‘Hiss of a thrown spear’ Meaning

Answer 13

Piercing nature of cry shows difficulty to find voice and acknowledge social issue.

Question 14

‘Ran into the church and sprayed the congression with bullets’ Technique

Answer 14

Metaphor

Question 15

‘Ran into the church and sprayed the congression with bullets’ meaning

Answer 15

Fatal bullets never truly capture the horror of reported events. Often underemphasised to appeal to public

Question 16

‘Crap’ and ‘Gibberish’ Technique

Answer 16

Demonic language

Question 17

‘Crap’ and ‘Gibberish’ Meaning

Answer 17

stresses her anger and frustration

Question 18

‘Loud,loud,loud’ Technique

Answer 18

Epizeuxis

Question 19

‘Loud,loud,loud’ Meaning

Answer 19

Repetition for immediate effect ends however with the news winning.
Regardless of how powerful a female voice can be it cant drown out the noise of how terrible the world has become.

Question 20

LC- What does ‘Boos for the bent MP’ mean?

Answer 20

Discusses politicians using their power incorrectly.
Duffy has created a society through her poems were women are acknowledged to demonstrate how politically corrupt life would be if women were completley supressed.

Question 21

LC- ‘Muslims, Jews, Christians’ meaning

Answer 21

Incestualised religions mould the society which has been created.

Question 22

LC- Loud’s link with The worlds wife

Answer 22

Relates as a women is given a voice which ends up being greater good of society. Likewise to The worlds wife where an untold story is shed light on.
Suggesting women are never entitled to opinions and perspectives however should be because it can alter the unspoken problems in the world.

Question 23

Rhyme scheme?

Answer 23

No constant rhyme scheme but moments of internal rhyme

Question 24

Whats the purpouse of the internal rhyme?

Answer 24

To propel the poem forward, increasing the speed of reading.

Question 25

What differs about the fifth line in each stanza from the rest?

Answer 25

Shorter than the rest, so the final line is jarring to read.

Question 26

Whats the effect of the fifth line?

Answer 26

disruption is emblematic of the woman’s voice finally breaking free. This could represent the ability of women to transcend the imposition placed on their voices.