First Love- Carol Ann Duffy
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- Created on: 28-03-21 13:55
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- First Love
- Stanza 1
- "Waking, with a dream of first love"
- Duffy hints at a dream like state that she finds herself in referencing the surrealism that is associated with its first love. Abstract Noun.
- "as lipstick"
- Simile- Intimate connatations
- "pillow" "power"
- Plosive Engagement
- "Waking, with a dream of first love"
- Stanza 2
- "This was a child's love"
- naievity of first love- Analepsis
- ""till the pictures return, unfocused at first, then"
- The poem is set in the present. However Analepsis is used. The use of the past and the present tense brings forward a strong feeling of nostalgia. It also highlights the pain in loss of love.
- "in mirrors my lovers eyes"
- Her lover is a reflection of herself
- "This was a child's love"
- Stanza 3
- "star,long dead"
- Juxtaposition- Ending- Natural occurance like the birth and death of a star
- ""tear"
- Metephor- acceptance of relationship.
- "stammers itself"
- Personification
- "pierce" "sweeten the air"
- Juxtaposition- Contrasting emotions. A bittersweet end to the poem, Duffy is sad at the loss of her first love, but is learning to accept it and is happy to have experienced it.
- "star,long dead"
- Structure
- three stanzas/5 lines
- Themes
- Nostalgia/loss/romantic love. It focuses on the first love of Carol Ann Duffy. It highlights the naievity in first loves and the sense of youthfulness in it.
- Stanza 1
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