Before you were mine-- Carol Ann Duffy
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- Created on: 28-03-21 16:55
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- Before you were mine
- Stanza 1
- "from the corner you laugh on"
- auditory imagery prosodies highlights fun of mothers youth and previous self.
- "Marilyn"
- Exciting language. Compares her mother with Marilyn Monroe. However it could foreshadow unhappiness as Marilyn commited suicide.
- "polka-dot dress"
- Indicates a bold fashion style. Theme of vintage.
- "from the corner you laugh on"
- Stanza 2
- "you reckon it's worth it"
- Consequences for her behaviour- could indicate that the night of fun was worth having a child.
- "I knew you would dance"
- Shows relationship between mother and child
- "the thought of me doesn't occur"
- possesive language- hints at jealousy
- "you reckon it's worth it"
- Stanza 3
- "high-heeled red shoe, relics"
- Alliteration of "h" word indicates treasured possession. A symbol of the mothers past and freedom.
- "till I see you,clear as scent"
- Synathesia
- "ghost clatters toward me"
- Highlights how different her previous life was and how she won't return to it.
- "high-heeled red shoe, relics"
- Stanza 4
- "Cha cha cha" "sparkle" "waltz" "laugh"
- semantic field of dancing showiing freedom and carefree live before children
- "before I was born"
- Repeating the difference between now and then. Caesura shows childs birth was a turning point (volta)
- "stamping stars from the wrong pavement"
- Alliteration- sense of her mothers defiance and energy. Pavements show a link to the past. "Wrong pavement" could indicate the wrong decisions she has made
- "Cha cha cha" "sparkle" "waltz" "laugh"
- Themes: Time/Childhood memories/family relationships
- Stanza 1
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