The Biographer- Carol Ann Duffy
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- The Biographer
- Stanza 1
- "because"
- Implies the writer is there because the author is dead. Causes: bitter/negetive tone. Subordinate clause.
- "desk" "echo"
- Noun-The biographer mentions that the author initials are in the desk - links with past identity. Also the verb "echo" implies that the biographer is merely repeating of the words of the more successful writer. Enforces a sense of bitterness.
- "like a hood and a cloak of light"
- Hoods and cloaks are used to disguise and hide suggesting that the biographer is hiding and is looking for the truth behind the author.
- "because"
- Stanza 2
- "I' slept alone in your bed"
- Metephor- connatations of warm- could represent a burning love for the author
- "Who's loved your work since he was a boy"
- Suggests that the man had had a relationship with the dead author of many years, and it emphasises importance of the past.
- ""guilt and rage"
- Abstract noun- idea he hasn't gone anywhere without him. Fragmented structure different memorys/emotions
- "your wallpaper green and crimson and gold"
- represents colour imagery- green being eny and gold being the success of the dead author- syndetic listing.
- "I' slept alone in your bed"
- Stanza 3
- "I" and "your"
- Personal pronoun- link to importance of identity
- "lively, eager and lightly-pitched"
- Intexuality- familiarity but another writer puts it better. Adjectives used to describe the dead author, which links it to the biographer
- "shadow"
- Repetition of the noun shadow. Could reflect the biographers feelings towards his own life.
- "I" and "your"
- Stanza 4
- "Maestro.Monster.Mummy's Boy. My Main Man."
- Minor sentences- highlighting speakers disapointment/negetive self perception. Begins with alliteration.
- "I print it out, I print it out"
- Emphasises the biographers actions and role in this relationship. Also links with the perceived obsession with the biographer.
- ""it's talentless, dustjacket smile"
- Contradicts himself- suggestion that underneath his facade he is empty and a failure.
- "Maestro.Monster.Mummy's Boy. My Main Man."
- Themes- Identity/Disapointment/admiration/the past/obsession
- Stanza 1
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