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Carol Ann Duffy Revision Tasks: General RevisionMind-map each poem. You could use language, structure, form, content, themes and Carol Ann Duffy’s concerns as the key areas to look at. Choose three images/phrases in each poem you think are particularly effective. Make some notes that you could use to help explain in detail what you find interesting about them. Select a theme or concern from one of the poems and list all the other poems that also touch on this area. Choose a motif/recurring image. Find three poems in which it occurs. Explain why Carol Ann Duffy uses it in each context. Go through the vocabulary appropriate to use when discussing Duffy’s poetry. Write any unfamiliar words and the meanings down. Choose a poem and identify one feature of language, one of structure and one of form that you think are particularly significant about your poem. Explain your choices. Read each poem’s title. Think about why it was chosen and what significance it has. Write a summary of each poem you have studied. Write an analysis of the difference between the personas in Anne Hathaway, Mrs Midas and Havisham. Valentine, War Photographer and Originally are poems which contain reflection. Identify what each poem reflects on. Carol Ann Duffy Revision Tasks: Practice QuestionsQuestions on ‘Valentine’How does the poet emphasise the speaker’s rejection of conventional Valentine’s Day love gifts at the start of the poem? (2 marks)Consider how Duffy uses imagery in the first part of the poem (lines 2-10) to suggest that an onion is an appropriate love gift. Comment fully on how effectively you think she conveys that the onion is a more appropriate symbol of love than traditional gifts mentioned. (4 marks)“I am trying to be truthful” What does Duffy imply about conventional Valentine’s gifts here? (1 mark) Explain very briefly the connection between line 1 and(a)the title of the poem;(b)the second stanza.2In lines 2-10, comment fully on how effectively you think the poet conveys the onion as a more appropriate symbol of love than the traditional gifts mentioned in line 1 6What is the mood in lines 6 ? 10?How does the poet establish this mood?3What do you think the poet means by “its fierce kiss will stay on your lips” (line 14)?3In lines 15-17, how does the poet manage to treat the conventional theme of love and Valentine’s Day in an unconventional manner?3 Explain fully two ways in which lines 18-20 undermine the expectationsof the reader.3Show how the poet’s techniques in the last stanza highlight her views onlove.3 Anne Hathaway Questions 1. The poem deals with the relationship between Anne Hathaway and her husband, William Shakespeare. In your own words, summarise what the relationship between them was like. (2) Show how one example of Duffy’s language highlights their relationship.(2)2. Show how two examples of the poet’s use of language in lines 3-5 of the poem help to clarify the importance of the bed. (4) 3. Show how any one examples of the poet’s use of language in lines 5-11 – ‘My lover’s words … his writer’s hands’ – effectively contributes to the main ideas or concerns of the poem. (2) 4. How effective do you find any aspect of the closing lines – ‘My living … best bed’ – as a conclusion to the poem? (2) 5. How does Duffy’s use of imagery and sound emphasise the desire between the couple in lines 3-7? (“My lover’s…centre of a noun”) (4)6. How effective do you find the use of the idea of literature to convey Hathaway’s relationship in lines 8-10?(2)7. With close reference to lines 12-14 explain the closing impression we are given of the relationship. (“My living laughing love…”) (2)Questions- ‘Havisham’1.?????? By referring to the first stanza, explain how poetic technique is used to introduce a main theme? (3)2.?????? Comment on how language has been used to convey the persona’s emotions in lines 5-8 (4)3. Evaluate the effectiveness of the final lines as a conclusion to the poem. (3)4. Why does the poet omit Miss Havisham's title and refer to her by her surname only? (1)5. Why does the poet write “spinster” on its own? What effect does it have on tone and what does Miss Havisham think about this word and its relevance to her? (1)6. What is the effect of “Nooooo” and “b-b-breaks”? Why are these words written in this way? (1)7. What is the meaning of the image of “a red balloon bursting”? (1)8. Analyse how the poet creates a sense of sympathy for Havisham. (2) 9. How does the poet present Havisham’s view of men? In your answer you should refer to techniques such as language, structure and tone. (2) 10. Perhaps the most important part of the poem is the question “who did this/to me?” How far does the poem show that Miss Havisham is responsible for her own misery, and how far does it support her feelings of self-pity and her desire for revenge? (2)Mrs Midas QuestionsReferring to at least two examples, analyse the use of poetic techniques to create mood in verse 1. (2)In what ways is the language of verse 4 effective in building up to the climax ‘It was then that I started to scream’? (4)Identify and analyse aspects of the language or structure in this extract which create a believable narrative voice for the persona. (4)How is the theme of greed explored in this poem? In your answer you should refer to techniques such as language, structure or tone. (2)There are many uses of contrast in this poem. How does Duffy explore the contrast between calmness and chaos in this poem? In your answer you should refer to techniques such as language, structure or tone. (2)“You knew you were getting close…” What is the effect of the use of second person in this line? (1)“You knew you were getting close…” How does the poet use language and imagery to create vivid descriptions in the rest of this stanza? (4)Originally QuestionsWhat sort of scene do the first three lines evoke? With reference to language, structure of rhythm, analyse how Duffy creates this scene. (2)What is the effect of the list: “…the city/the street, the house, the vacant rooms.”? (1)Explain the irony in the line “I stared/ at the eyes of a blind toy” and analyse why Duffy includes this image. (1)In the second stanza, Duffy contrasts two experience of growing up. How does she use language to emphasise this difference? (2)Why does the speak use the image of a loose tooth to describe her parents’ anxiety? Analyse the effect of this line. (1)How effective do you find the use of questions as a conclusion to the poem? (2)What is the purpose of the enjambment in the lines ‘sounding just like the rest. Do I only think / I lost…”? Analyse the effect of the placement of ‘think’. (1)War Photographer Questions Identify the mood created in the opening stanza and analyse aspects of language or structure that create this mood. (2)Look at lines 7—12. Analyse how Duffy conveys the photographer’s perception of the difference between life in Britain and life in the war zones abroad. (4)Look at lines 19—24. Analyse how the use of poetic technique highlights the British public’s indifference to the suffering shown in the newspapers they read. (2)Show how any three examples of the poet’s use of language in stanza two effectively contribute to the main ideas or concerns of the poem. You should make reference to imagery, word choice and one other technique. (6) With reference to word choice and imagery, explain how the poet conveys their ideas in stanza 3 of the poem. (4) Identify and analyse two uses of contrast in this poem. (4)How effective do you find any aspect of the final stanza as a conclusion to the poem? Your answer should deal with ideas and and/or language. (4)Identify the mood created in the final stanza and analyse aspects of language or structure that create this mood. (2) ................
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