Rapture
Always in reference to the theme of relationships.
- Created by: Kirsty
- Created on: 10-04-14 11:08
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- Rapture
- 'You'
- Form
- I believe this is a free verse as there is no rhythm or rhyme.
- Duffy creates a lexis based around the word 'dream'.
- Language
- Duffy shows signs of being obsessive.
- This shows, not only that her lover is like a dream to her but also that she thinks about this person all the time.
- The poet trys to show that she is overpowered by love.
- Duffy talks about various types of emotions throughout the poem.
- It is very passionate sounding. For example, 'tiger ready to kill'
- She uses an oxymoron 'glamorous hell'
- Juxtaposes the idea of the beautiful love she feels and the burden of falling in love is like 'hell' to her.
- Duffy talks about various types of emotions throughout the poem.
- Duffy shows signs of being obsessive.
- This shows, not only that her lover is like a dream to her but also that she thinks about this person all the time.
- Language
- Shows that Duffy is taken aback by this love. She has no sense.
- She can't understand her powerful feelings. And is almost showing signs of madness
- Duffy creates a lexis based around the word 'dream'.
- I believe this is a free verse as there is no rhythm or rhyme.
- Structure
- Caesura
- There is a full-stop in the middle of the line focusing on the word 'You'.
- Shows Duffys obsession with this person. As the title of the poem is called 'You'.
- There is a full-stop in the middle of the line focusing on the word 'You'.
- 'Falling in love' is placed on the middle of the line.
- Shows that she is so taken aback by the love she feels for this person.
- Rhyme
- There isn't a rhyme scheme to this poem.
- Shows that Duffy is taken aback by this love. She has no sense.
- She can't understand her powerful feelings. And is almost showing signs of madness
- Shows that Duffy is taken aback by this love. She has no sense.
- There isn't a rhyme scheme to this poem.
- Caesura
- Language
- Duffy shows signs of being obsessive.
- The poet trys to show that she is overpowered by love.
- Duffy talks about various types of emotions throughout the poem.
- It is very passionate sounding. For example, 'tiger ready to kill'
- She uses an oxymoron 'glamorous hell'
- Juxtaposes the idea of the beautiful love she feels and the burden of falling in love is like 'hell' to her.
- Duffy talks about various types of emotions throughout the poem.
- Duffy shows signs of being obsessive.
- Form
- 'Text'
- Structure
- Rhyme
- Rythm
- Form
- Sonnet
- A modern form of the Petrarchan sonnet.
- This poem doesn't have a distinctive rhyme scheme. There is a volta at the end of the poem indicating that Duffy is sad because she cannot say these things in person.
- A modern form of the Petrarchan sonnet.
- Sonnet
- Language
- Duffy stated that texting is a form of poetry in the modern age.
- 'It's a way of saying more with less'.
- 'Text, text, text' is a discordant sound.
- Connotes the excitement in the sending of the texts back and forth pings of excitement when a 'text' gets send or received.
- She overanalyses everything her lover texts her because she can re-read it.
- Duffy stated that texting is a form of poetry in the modern age.
- Structure
- Quickdraw
- Form
- Free Verse
- Duffy could be wanting to show that this last chance saloon is something that leaves her a target. She has nothing to hide behind. No structure to help her. She is heart broken
- Narrative
- The poem tells a story. The fight from beginning to the end.
- Duffy does this to show *** her heart has been so harshly broken by someone she once loved.
- The poem tells a story. The fight from beginning to the end.
- Free Verse
- Structure
- There is no rhythm or rhyme. This shows that the bullets just seem to catch Duffy by surprise she doesn't see the pain that is to come.
- Language
- The poet uses very discordant sounding words.
- Form example,'pellet', 'this', 'mark' and 'heart', all imitated the image of a pellet blasting their way into someone's heart.
- The poet uses very discordant sounding words.
- Form
- Over
- Structure
- The last and first line of every stanza drop down to one another to show the exhaustion Duffy feels by the end of this relationship.
- Many endstops to show how she doesn't want to carry on.
- Language
- 'Over' tells us the book is over but also the end of a relationship
- The tonal shift throughout the book of poems is shown here because she used to talk of her relationship like it was magic and now talks of a 'black sky' and 'open grave'.
- Form
- Could be an ode to the relationship that once was there.
- Structure
- 'You'
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