The Cliche Kid- Carol Ann Duffy
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- Created on: 29-03-21 17:42
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- The Cliche Kid
- Stanza 1
- "need"
- semi-modal verb
- "father's ballgown"
- distorted image of the speakers childhood as they have obviously blurred the gender roles of their mother and father
- lost grip of their identity and how they are unaware of how to act in society.
- distorted image of the speakers childhood as they have obviously blurred the gender roles of their mother and father
- "his kiss, his French scent"
- vivid memory
- "need"
- Stanza 2
- "Give me a shot of something"
- Connatations to bullets- wants to permantely escape? Suicidal thoughts?
- "boozing"
- Desperation for an opportunity or a chance.
- "Big Bertha ******* out from the porch"
- Alliteration/noun Plosive sound suggests a resentful tone/ angry at their childhood?
- "Give me a shot of something"
- Stanza 4
- "butch in my boots"
- Cliche term
- "Bonkers"
- mental decline
- "seeing childhood in the conkers through my tears"
- game associated with childhoods
- "butch in my boots"
- Stanza 3
- "I'm screwed up, Doc. jumpy...
- Enjambment- constantly losing their train of thought- shows they are isolated and trapped within their own thoughts
- Mental illness?
- "I'm screwed up, Doc. jumpy...
- Stanza 5
- "give me a break"
- masculine expectations
- "don't let me pine for that first love"
- a cliche
- "give me a break"
- Stanza 6
- "Sweet Jesus"
- mild explicit
- "the fresh-baked grass, dammit the new-mown bread"
- confused cliche, use of deviated idioms conveys the breakdown of the speakers mind, and how they are no longer part of the world
- emotions are so overpowering they cannot form simple phrases/sentences.
- confused cliche, use of deviated idioms conveys the breakdown of the speakers mind, and how they are no longer part of the world
- "Sweet Jesus"
- Themes: Mental health and isolation amongst young people
- Stanza 1
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