Advantages: Beautifully written, stylistic, memorable Disadvantages: Possibly controversial for some
I have adored Carol Ann Duffy's work ever since I was introduced to her during my GCSE's, and I have never looked back. Poetry has never been my favourite part of literature, and it usually takes a while for me to truly lose myself in something. However, ...
Advantages: Easy to read, Funny in places, original (as far as i know!) Disadvantages: Very anti-men and does not include notes about who these women actually are
...When I found out we would be studying Duffy's 'The World's Wife' for A-level i must admit I wasn't overly enthusiastic; having suffered through the terribly depressing poems of hers that we studied at GCSE. However, I was pleasently surprised as many of t ...
Advantages: funny, different point of view, entertaining, deep Disadvantages: can get repetitive
I'll be the first person to admit I'm not a fan of poetry. Especially compulsory poetry for the school curriculum. Especially one where we have to pick apart every single poem and find double meanings when there are none. BUT! I quite enjoyed reading this ...
Advantages: Brilliant styles of writing, turns around old legends and fables, witty, clever Disadvantages: A little pro-feminist and anti-male, but still enjoyable for both sexes
What an excellent poetry book - I studied this for part of my A-Level English Literature course and I think it to be honest, charasmatic, exciting and, above all, extremely clever and witty. Mrs Darwin pokes fun at her husband for his "intelligence" o ...
Advantages: Witty poems, wide selection Disadvantages: May be difficult to understand
...-The Poet-
Carol Ann Duffy is a poet laureate (she has written for the royals), she has various other anthologies and is well known for her witty poems.
-Introduction-
Poems in The World's Wife are based on mythical, historical women, real-life and f ...
