The Captain of the 1964 top of the form team- Carol Ann Duffy
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- Captain of the 1964 Top of the Form Team
- Stanza 1
- "Do Wah Diddy Diddy, Baby love, oh pretty woman"
- Italicised song titles of the 1960s. Music linked to memory- symbolic of childhood.
- "with vimto"
- Symbolic of childhood
- "Do Wah Diddy Diddy, Baby love, oh pretty woman"
- Stanza 2
- "No snags"
- Minor sentence- no obstacles/difficulties during this time. Colloqualism reflects youth.
- "rises" "beat" "blur"
- Present tense verbs- past memorial and previous success still feel real.
- "dominus domine dominum"
- latin translating to "lord, master, ruler"
- "No snags"
- Stanza 3
- "Dave Dee Dozy..."
- name of a 1960s rock band. Memory is reflected through music. Change of genre as speakers growth.
- "My mother kept me mascot Gonk"
- "Gonk" a novelty toy of the 1960s- symbolic of childhood success in the speakers eyes.
- "Dave Dee Dozy..."
- Stanza 4
- "I want it back"
- Volta- from exitement to regret. Past/present dissapointment with present life. Speaker wants past success again.
- "the captain. The one with all the answers."
- Third person perspective yet reference to himself. Speaker now feels detached from this past.
- "Rhodesia"
- A country that no longer exists- living in the past- stuck?
- "I want it back"
- Stanza 1
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