Family- Carol Ann Duffy
- Created by: emma.masterss
- Created on: 23-03-20 18:37
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- Family
- Brothers
- Structure
- 4 stanzas of quatrains
- Reflects subject matter of the 4 brothers
- 4 stanzas of quatrains
- Context
- Little biographical knowledge about Duffy
- Very private woman
- Little biographical knowledge about Duffy
- Language
- 'Once, I slept in a bed with these four men'
- 'I say. They grin and nod.'
- 'I shall pay for a box and watch them shoulder it.'
- Structure
- Before You Were Mine
- Context
- Entirely autobiographical
- References to Marilyn Monroe
- Structure
- demotic style and free verse
- More authentic
- demotic style and free verse
- Language
- 'whose small bites on your neck, sweetheart?'
- 'Stamping stars from the wrong pavement'
- 'I see you, clear as scent
- Context
- Brothers
- 'dress blowing round your legs. Marilyn.'
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