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Collection Introduction (2)Standing Female Nude, 1985 Autobiographical Poetic revenge
SubjectTeacher at multi-ethnic school believes modern poetry is not 'real'
Form (3)Five sestets - controlling, rigid environment Dramatic monologue Although Duffy's voice isn't heard, her opinion is made clear through the chosen diction
ThemeThe teacher looks down on modern poetry, believing it is taking a turn for the worse. - School life and education - Multiethnicity - Racism and Cynophobia (C.R) - Language and Linguistic relativity (C.R)
Motifs (5)"for not all poems, sadly, rhyme these days" "inkstained fingers" "outside view" "real life poet" "Convince us that there's something we don't know"
Cross References (3)- Rudyard Kipling; the teacher supports his view on imperalism, his poetry is the ideal because it rhymes - John Keats - 'Ode to Autumn'; reference to traditional poet supports the description of a person who scorns modern poetry - Harold Macmillan (British Prime Minister) - 'winds of change'; the teacher is boastful
Diction; Words (4) Teacher's diction (2) Nouns and lexical fields (4) Verbs (3) Wordplay- Monosyllabic - 'Fine. Off we go', 'well', 'right', 'well, really'; the teacher is uninterested in Duffy - Imperatives - 'show your appreciation by clapping. Not too loud', 'run along now girls'; controlling nature - Concrete and pertaining to school life and education - 'class', 'poet', 'book', 'lesson'; no flexibility for creative expression (traditional) - Stative - 'write', 'know', 'sit'; rigid environment and mentality - 'midst', 'Seasons of mist and so on and so forth'; showing off her intellect
Imagery; Visual Auditory (2) Olfactory- 'sit up straight and listen'; rigid, controlling - 'clapping', 'applause'; forced response to the poet's speech (degrading) - 'winds of change'; (1) reference to Harold Macmillan, (2) reference to flatulence, (3) reference to the changes happening in poetry
Rhythm (2)Slow; assertiveness of teacher Fast; unbothered nature of teacher - 'Right. That's enough from me. On with the Muse'; punctuation marks slow the tempo - 'Just an essay/on the poet's themes'; monosyllabic words fasten the tempo
Rhyme (2)Internal and end rhymes nod to the teacher's obsession with traditional poetry and emphasis on the need for rhyme - 'verse hot from the press', 'reams'-'themes'; internal rhymes - 'bounds'-'pounds', 'view'-'you'; end rhymes
Tone MoodSatirical (towards teacher and education system) Atmosphere of school (created through lexical fields)
ConclusionCriticism on the education system and the views on modern literature Someone like that should not be teaching English literature