VALENTINE Flashcards
1
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Poet / date
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Carol Ann Duffy // 1993
2
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Historical context
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- First female LGBT+ poet laureate
- Ambiguous gender of poem plays with societal expectations
- Second and third wave feminism
3
Q
Literary Context
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- Interest in exploring feminine archetypes
- Challenges conventional gender
- Metaphysical conceit represents her desire to challenge conventional ways of looking at the world
- Reflective richness is postmodern
4
Q
Form and structure
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Free verse in short stanzas and single lines
- Echoes form of onions in layers
- First person narration allows powerful insight
5
Q
Link to??????
A
Life / nature etc = The prelude
Encourages audience to look at life differently
Love = She walks in beauty SWIB = perpetuated social views VAL = fresh defiance of convention
Love is a construcc
