Close- Carol Ann Duffy
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- Created on: 11-04-21 15:49
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- Stanza 1
- "lock"
- the imperative "lock" creates a feeling of intimacy but it also suggests there is something to hide about the affair.
- "dark"
- pre-modifying adjective could reflect on the sombre mood of the speaker but the "dark journey" could be symbolic of the affair between the speaker and the lover
- "we take each other to bits"
- metephor: emotionally/verbally in an argument? or sexual connotations suggesting an intense passion between two lovers.
- "lock"
- Stanza 2
- "Dress again. Undress"
- A cycle of instructions. Suggests the relationship had died?
- "A suitcase crammed with secrets"
- alliteration
- "red on my palm"
- Connatations of pain/aggresion
- "Dress again. Undress"
- Stanza 3
- "I"
- Personal pronoun/ first person
- "I"
- Stanza 4
- "hired room tremble"
- confirms the idea that this is an illicit affair
- "cigerette smoke itself" and "full glass of wine"
- Personification: suggests that the cigerette and wine have been abandoned. Has one person left? Is the affair over?
- "hired room tremble"
- Stanza 5
- "they know who we are"
- collective noun "they" contrasts with the "I" and "you" of the rest of the poem, It could suggest a loss of identity. The ghosts of themselves remember who they used to be. Even if the speaker no longer remembers.
- "put out the light" and "throng in a mirror, blind"
- Oxymoron: tuneless song. A miserable idea. Conveys sadness. "mirror" suggests that the speaker is looking at herself. A loss of identity/vulnerability
- "the ghost of ourselves"
- relationship has ended?
- "they know who we are"
- Themes: destructive love/ the loss of love/ the loss of identity/ disorientated/ dislocation/ vulnerability
- Stanza 1
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