Carol Ann Duffy
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- Carol Ann Duffy
- Childhood
- Born in Glasgow
- Lots of poetry inspired by her childhood
- ‘Childhood is like a long greenhouse where everything is growing, it’s lush and steamy. It’s where poems come from’
- Not a privileged background
- Poetry
- Love poems that take the form of monologues
- Never gender specific
- Strong feminist edge
- 'The World's Wife'
- POV of wives of famous men from history
- Known for her public performances
- Sexual, romantic, maternal and daughterly love
- Personal life
- Seriously considered for poet Laureate in 1999
- Tony Blair was worried about the reaction to a lesbian Poet Laureate
- Poetry as poet Laureate was very topical
- Eg. politics, sport and conflict
- Uses siimple words, but in a complicated way
- Seriously considered for poet Laureate in 1999
- The Love Poem
- There is nothing to say about love thsat hasn't already been said
- In love with a person or with poetry?
- Wants the love to be unique and special
- Childhood
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