Carol Ann Duffy Context
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- Created on: 11-12-20 09:52
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- Carol Ann Duffy Context
- Early life
- born in Glasgow, Scotland
- born 1955
- moved to Stafford, England when she was 6
- went to convent schools
- she knew she was a lesbian since childhood
- Later life
- attended Liverpool Uni
- graduated with a degree in philosophy
- worked for the Guardian as a poetry critic
- she is the acclaimed poet of "post war England; Thatcher's England"
- best know for her love poems in a monologue style
- Her poetry
- her early poems give no indication of her homosexuality
- the object of love in her verses is someone whos gender is not specified
- her early poems give no indication of her homosexuality
- In Mean time:
- duffy covers the themes of:
- the dramatised scenes of childhood: Stafford Afternoons, Confession and Cliche Kid
- finding moments of grace or consolation in memory: Before You Were Mine
- in love and language amid the complexities of life: Valentine and Sleeping
- the nuances and sometimes painful nature of love with its relationship with time: Mean Time, Havisham and The Windows
- The topic of isolation in regards to relationships had/not had: Never Go Back, Oslo, Room and The Suicide
- Early life
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