Warming her Pearls

Question 1

Who wrote Warming her pearls

Answer 1

Carol Ann DUffy

Question 2

What are the two main themes of this poem?

Answer 2

Unrequited love /Love from afar
Forbidden Love

Question 3

How is the theme of Unrequited love displayed in the poem?

Answer 3

The Maid speaks of how she always thinks about her Mistress, “all day i think of her”. She wishes for her to be in her attic bed. However her mistress is dancing with other “tall men”

Question 4

Quote 1, Stanza 1, Line 1

Answer 4

“Next to my own skin, her pearls”

Question 5

“Next to my own skin, her pearls”
- Quote 1, Stanza 1, Line 1

Answer 5

Personal connection towards her mistress through the pearls. The mistress can be seen as being upper class.

Question 6

Quote 2, Stanza 1, Line 4

Answer 6

“All day I think of her”

Question 7

“All day I think of her” - Quote 2, Stanza 1, Line 4

Answer 7

Enjambment at the end of this stanza following on into the next stanza. Like a ongoing fantasy.

Question 8

Quote 3, Stanza 2, Line 2

Answer 8

“She fans herself”

Question 9

“She fans herself” - Quote 4, Stanza 2, Line 2

Answer 9

The mistress fans herself as she feels the heat of the pearls desire growing for the maid

Question 10

Quote 5 , Stanza 3, Line 1

Answer 10

“She’s beautiful. I dream about her”

Question 11

“She’s beautiful. I dream about her”

Answer 11

Short sentence for emphasis about the