Sub Flashcards
Structure of stanzas
7 stanzas 10 lines
Stanza effect
7 stanzas reflect that it’s an occurrence that happens every day.
What’s the rhyme scheme?
Internal rhyme scheme.
Effect of internal rhyme scheme
Reflects intensity of the situations Duffy imagines herself in.
Effect of the title
Links to substitution, a man switching themselves for history.
‘My breasts bandaged beneath’ effect
Focal point feminine experience in plain sight.
‘Final gasps’ ‘Drummer’ Effect
Duffy wrestles with idea of performing without praise.
Representative of female experience.
‘Time of the month’ Technique
Separated by caesura
‘Time of the month’ Effect
Determines everything, inhabits and restricts.
‘Mouthfuls of broken teeth’ Effect
Contrasts with women concealing period pain whilst men allowed to look damaged and broken.
‘Motherhood’ Effect
Links to THT
Notion that parental duties fall on the mother.
’:’ Technique
Polysemous
’:’ Effect
representative of women continuing to be hidden and excluded. Despite this, Duffy personally becomes a beacon of female history through her achievements
