You by Carol Ann Duffy

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  • Created by: AntoBeck
  • Created on: 09-10-19 13:20
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  • Rapture: You
    • Quotes
      • 'Uninvited, the thought of you stayed too late in my head'
        • Personificatio-n of thoughts
        • 'Uninvited' suggests powerless or overpowered
        • Quote suggests can't get their thoughts of their lover out of their head
      • '...bed, dreaming of you hard, hard'
        • suggests sex
        • Repetition of 'hard' reinforces idea of sex
          • This could connote to passionate or needy sex/ or marking = possessive/ possession
      • '...like a charm, like a spell'
        • reinforces idea of control
      • '...glamorous hell'
        • euphoric, passionate, hot sex
        • ****** pain
      • '...beautiful, you strolled in'
        • Sense of arrogance
        • 'Stroll' can translate to entitlement = sense of owning and possession
      • '...on the bed, like a gift, like a touchable dream'
        • Idea of possession and obssession
        • Immediacy
        • 'Gift' signifies that it is special as gifts are not casual
        • 'Touchable dream' could link to the idea of being in a spell
          • Also could alludes to it being too good to be true
    • Symbolisms
      • Use of hellish words symbolises love and lust to be a sin
        • Links to context
        • Her structure symbolises her love not being traditional
    • Context
      • The symbolisms could relate to Carol Ann Duffy being a lesbian
        • Shakespeare-an =  Sonnet
          • Added post-modernism to show the evolution of love
    • Semantics
      • Obsessive
      • Sexual innuendos
      • Provocative
    • Form and Tone
      • Similar form to a Sonnet
        • 3 quatrains and a couplet
    • Phonology
      • 'Soft, salt'
        • Sibilance = juxtaposition as salt is normally associated with harsh flavour and texture
      • 'Hard, Hard'
        • Harsh affricate sounds suggests moans or heavy breathing
      • Kill, Flame, Fierce
        • Plosive sounds are harsh and rough =  passion, lust and desire
    • Graphology/ Structure
      • Could be a subversion of love having a tempestuous (conflicting) nature
      • Not traditional, this could be why it does not follow the structure of a sonnet.
      • The last stanza could replicate a climax in the love or sex
  • Intentional = to present a chaotic nature of love
    • Presents the conflicting nature of love
    • Similar form to a Sonnet
      • 3 quatrains and a couplet
  • The symbolisms could relate to Carol Ann Duffy being a lesbian
    • Shakespeare-an =  Sonnet
      • Added post-modernism to show the evolution of love

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