English Literature: Carol Ann Duffy Dream of a Lost Friend 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteratureCarol Ann DuffyGCSEOCR Created by: livgrocott987Created on: 27-04-15 19:42 What does the title of the poem suggest? That the persona can't confront her problem 1 of 24 "You were dead, but we met, dreaming" Confusion of tenses, caesura - the end for friend gives pause for thought. 2 of 24 "A public building" Possibly a hospital 3 of 24 "An AIDS poster. Your white lips. Help me." Possibly 1980's/1990's? - clues of reason for death - AIDS, deathly image shows desperation, the pauses show the break down of person. 4 of 24 "We embraced, standing in a long corridor" Metaphor - a long way away. 5 of 24 "...which harboured a fierce pain neither of us felt yet" 'fierce pain' showing loss of grief 6 of 24 "The words you spoke were frenzied prayers to Chemistry: or you laughed" Hoping for a medical discovery, desperate and cherishing moments. Juxtaposition of religion 'prayers' and science 'chemistry' 7 of 24 "A child-man's laugh" Oxymoron 8 of 24 "Innocent, hysterical" Undeserving of death 9 of 24 "Out of your skull" Deathly image, drug taking 10 of 24 "It's only a dream, I heard myself saying, only a bad dream" Denial 11 of 24 "Some of our best friends nurture a virus" Possibly gay people - considered suspectible in this time, they might not know they have it, or hiding from it, carrying on. 12 of 24 "A virus, an idle, charmed, purposeful enemy, and it dreams they are dead already" Aids is being personified - showing the AIDS dream 13 of 24 "Over the crudités" Crude, homophobic reference 14 of 24 "The healthy imagine a time..." Imagining a time if they are all ill but have a cure - holding on to good memories, there isn't a bright future. 15 of 24 "Then, as I slept" Troubled with dream 16 of 24 "Offering a series of dates for lunch, waving" Keeping up pretence, last time seen her, relieving last moments 17 of 24 "I missed your funeral" Happened very quickly, guilt, possible reason for being troubled 18 of 24 "thumbs up, acting" Putting on a brave face, ignoring terminal illness 19 of 24 "I think of you almost hopeful in a bad dream" Juxtaposition, hoping just a bad dream not real OR bad dream isn't too bad - at least you can see them 20 of 24 "Where you were long dead" Reality 21 of 24 What do the first two stanzas deal with? Memory 22 of 24 What does the confusion of placement of time represent? (Past, present and dream tense) The personas feelings and confusion 23 of 24 "Where there's life..." End of quote should say "there's hope" but this is missing which shows the hope is rejected and abandoned - no hope. 24 of 24
GCSE English Literature AQA Anthology Poems - Carol Ann Duffy, Simon Armitage and from the Pre-1914 Poetry Bank - Revision Guide 0.0 / 5
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