Carol Ann Duffy
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Mrs Beast – Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy
Ghost
Carol Ann Duffy’s Mrs Beast is a poem surrounded with many simple yet complex understandings and meanings. However written from a feminist’s point of view I believe that Mrs Beast is based around the idea of women dominance verses women’s insecurity. Mrs Beast as a title is very ambiguous because it can give the reader…
Carol Ann Duffy: Stealing
Carol Ann Duffy
Interactive Oral Commentary: Stealing My name is Kate Sampson and today I will be analysing Carol Ann Duffy’s poem, Stealing. To begin with, I will provide some background information to help put the themes in this poem into context. It was published in the 1980’s during Margaret Thatcher’s Prime Ministership, it is essentially a political…
On “If” by Rudyard Kipling and “Kipling” by Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy
The doctrines of idealism and optimism are demonstrated in the poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling. “If” advises the reader to achieve qualities and reach for perfection. “If” is answered in the book, Answering Back by Carol Ann Duffy’s poem, “Kipling”. Duffy’s response to “If” is appallingly contrasting in mood, diction, structure, and challenges Kipling’s ideals…
Philip Larkin and Carol Ann Duffy Poems
Carol Ann Duffy
The concept of Poetryand its implications are explored extensively by Larkin and Duffy, both poets agreeing that the destructive quality of death makes void of all the time and effort we invest in life. Larkin seems to demonstrate a cold fear towards this inevitability by distancing himself from the reality in ‘Ambulances’ and ‘Dockery and…
Poem Analysis: Medusa by Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy
Poem
Medusa by Carol Ann Duffy The poem Medusa explores the theme of jealousy and anger; the poet illustrates this using the extended metaphor of a Greek mythological creature Medusa, whose story describes her as a beautiful maiden that is turned into a hideous creature after being raped by Poseidon. The poet furthermore links this metaphor…
Biography of Writer Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Duffy is the current Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom being the first female, Scot and LGBT to hold this position. Born in Scotland on 23 December 1955. She was appointed to this position in March 2009. She is also a Professor in of Contemporary Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University. The poet also writes…
born
December 23, 1955 (age 65 years), Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Dame Carol Ann Duffy DBE FRSL HonFBA HonFRSE is a British poet and playwright. She is a professor of contemporary poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University, and was appointed Poet Laureate in May 2009, resigning in 2019.
books
The World's Wife 1999, The Bees 2011, Standing female nude 1985
children
Ella Benson
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Awards: E. M. Forster Award, Lannan Literary Award for Poetry
Parents: May Black, Frank Duffy
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