Mrs Aseop. By Carol Ann Duffy
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- Mrs Aseop. By Carol Ann Duffy.
- In the poem she is talking about her husband.
- Refers to him as 'he' shows little respect
- She feels she is better than him.
- She gets emnbarssed by her husband and finds him boring 'bore for purgatory'
- she is married to the writer of fables.
- Refers to him as 'he' shows little respect
- I'll cut off your tail.' cutting off his manhood
- Aseop that wrote the fables was a small and hunched.
- Each Stanza is 5 lines
- In the last stanza Mrs Aseop constructs her own fable. double entrendre of '****' is an insult. 'razor, sharpe axe.' symbolic of her tounge.
- Some of the fables mentioned.
- 'Dog in a manger.' is a person who slefishly keeps something that he or she does not really need or want, so that others may not use it or enjoy it.
- the lion dressing up is, clothes may disguise a fool but words will give him away.
- 'Tedious' emphasised by ceasure illustrates how she sees his stories.
- she insults his masculinity 'sex was diabolical.'
- feminist poem
- In the poem she is talking about her husband.
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