網頁After an introductory module in which we think about the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy in general and the collection as a whole – and especially the implications of its title – the course continues with a reading and analysis of each of the thirty-nine poems in the collection, one by one. Lecturer 網頁The Biographer Lyrics. Because you are dead, I stand at your desk, my fingers caressing the grooves in the wood. your initials made; and I manage a quote, echo one of your lines in …

Never Go Back: poem explorations Duffy Mean Time

網頁After an introductory module in which we think about the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy in general and the collection as a whole – and especially the implications of its title – the … 網頁There are connotations of decay, death and evil, yet the primary purpose of a skull is to protect the brain, suggesting that the speaker's thoughts could be quite distressing and perhaps she's living in a dehumanised state in which she … how to train your dragon family

Duffy: Mean Time

網頁In this module, we read through the eleventh poem in the collection, 'The Cliché Kid', focusing in particular on: (i) the age of the speaker; (ii) the extent to which the three … 網頁Small Female Skull by Carol Ann Duffy reached my hands during a workshop on research writing. We were to read the poem and respond to it critically. I looked at it “with some surprise ... 網頁Carol Ann Duffy has never been one of my 'go to' poets in the way that Larkin, Hardy, Auden or Simon Armitage are, but I came across a recommendation for Mean Time, … how to train your dragon family tree