How Does Carol Ann Duffy Create Tension In The Devils Wife

11. A poet can work its magic on the reader by “choice of images, music of the language, idea content, and cleverness of wordplay” (Foster 17).

Throughout the story there is much detail about what is happening without telling the readers everything which leaves all the details that were left out up to the reader’s imagination. It is a masterpiece that plays on the emotions and never-ending imagination of its readers. Because not all the small details were given by the author, readers are obligated to dissect the story and try to understand exactly what Joyce Carol Oates meant by what she wrote and the meaning behind this story. What makes this story beautiful even though it is full of evil is the way it was written, how every action, and dialogue within the story is carefully thought through, making every part of the text essential to the overall

Throughout the poem Crichton Smith successfully creates a haunting portrayal of his guilt-laden grief over his mother 's final years and the role he played in her neglect. This neglect is evident in the vivid image of his mother 's home combined with her frailty. Crichton Smith adds to this his own role in failing to rescue her and subsequently emphasises the extent to which he is plagued by regret.

Many people read for some sort emotion the words invoke. Whether it is joy, sadness, fear, or anticipation, readers love being able to feel the emotions the characters feel without actually going through the same experiences. This is especially true for horror and suspense stories. Elizabeth Bowen’s short story “The Demon Lover” is able to invoke a lot of emotion through different literary elements, which is why it is so popular. Elements such as point of view, suspense, and foreshadowing really put the readers on the edge of their seats.

The poem’s structure as a sonnet allows the speaker’s feelings of distrust and heartache to gradually manifest themselves as the poem’s plot progresses. Each quatrain develops and intensifies the speaker’s misery, giving the reader a deeper insight into his convoluted emotions. In the first quatrain, the speaker advises his former partner to not be surprised when she “see[s] him holding [his] louring head so low” (2). His refusal to look at her not only highlights his unhappiness but also establishes the gloomy tone of the poem. The speaker then uses the second and third quatrains to justify his remoteness; he explains how he feels betrayed by her and reveals how his distrust has led him

However, the poem has fluidity despite its apparent scarcity of rhyme. After examining the alteration of syllables in each line, a pattern is revealed in this poem concerning darkness. The first nine lines alternate between 8 and 6 syllables. These lines are concerned, as any narrative is, with exposition. These lines set up darkness as an internal conflict to come. The conflict intensifies in lines 10 and 11 as we are bombarded by an explosion of 8 syllables in each line. These lines present the conflict within one's own mind at its most desperate. After this climax, the syllables in the last nine lines resolve the conflict presented. In these lines, Dickinson presents us with an archetypal figure that is faced with a conflict: the “bravest” hero. These lines present the resolution in lines that alternate between 6 and 7 syllables. Just as the syllables decrease, the falling action presents us with a final insight. This insight discusses how darkness is an insurmountable entity that, like the hero, we must face to continue “straight” through “Life” (line 20).

her far from herself. In one line in the poem she brings us starkly into the world of a

The two literary works that I will be featuring are a short story and novel; both set centuries apart yet, connect with one another in linguistic principles. Both horror writers and with this genre, semantics can be quite fascinating. Both King and Poe, focus on the various levels of semantics horror and psychological. The semantic perspective of Christine are that of modern day slang, teenage symbolism. With semantic idioms and jokes, you would see the humor behind the man with the scary mask. Christine 's characters are teenagers, besides the a little "parental irresponsibility," with these hormonal teens, plus Christine. Arnie and Dennis, were full of idioms, such as, "I just had this call to nature, or I gotta take a whiz!" (King) Some commonly used idioms were most directly, ones of love and anger.

“The Devil’s Wife” by Carol Ann Duffy is a tragic and powerful poem. Written in the form of a dramatic monologue, Duffy adopts the persona of Myra Hindley, the notorious Moors Murderer. The poem consists of five individually titled sections, each describing an individual part of Hindley’s experiences from meeting Brady to feeling sorry for herself while sitting in her prison cell. At the end of her life. Themes relating to avoiding responsibility, self-pity and her fear of society’s reaction to her crimes are explored as Duffy creates an effective persona.

The structure and tone of the poem enhance the conflict and hopelessness the speaker is feeling towards the woman he loves and desires. For the first twelve lines of the poem there is an “abab” rhyming pattern. This ties into the despairing and desirable tone and how the rhyming scheme can be an example of the speaker constantly going back and forth between emotions for this women. For example, “And that mine eyes take no delight to range About the gleams which on your face do grow.” (Gascoigne 3-4) are two phrases that contradict the speakers feelings. Stating that his eyes take no delight in range can refer to the speaker finding no use or happiness in looking at the woman. Although, he then mentions the gleams upon her face growing, giving the audience the idea that even though the speakers love for the woman causes him deep despair, he still desires her enough to describe her features in attentive detail; in this example the gleams on her face. This shows the back and forth pattern and the speakers struggle when it comes

One significant way Carol Ann Duffy makes us question the extent of the Devil’s wife evil behaviour is by presenting how hard it is for the Devil’s wife to accept blame. Throughout the poems she refuses to take responsibility for her actions and whilst the tone she takes shifts, the underlying message is consistent: it wasn’t me. In DIRT she says ‘he made me bury a doll’ which has a very prosaic tone to it and after the taboo deeds she describes previous to this, her nonchalance is almost deplorable especially as the reader would have full understanding of her crimes. Her words are blunt and minimal and she possesses an indifferent tone. Moreover, this tone makes it seem as though she is trying to detach herself from the act. The lexical choice

‘The World’s Wife’ is a collection of poems by Carol Anne Duffy published in 1999. Throughout Duffy’s collection of the poems she represents women from history, myths and fairy tales, particularly those whose stories tend to be defined by men, or who have only a cameo appearance in male-dominated scenarios. ‘The Worlds Wife’ collection explores the themes of sexism, inequality and stereotypes, which women, sadly still face in modern society. In Duffy’s collection some poems look at the story of the man from a woman’s perspective, such as the poem ‘Mrs Aesop’. Other poem’s stories have been slightly altered like ‘The Kray Sisters.’ As we already know the Kray Twins are two male English gangsters from the East End of London during the

On July 7, 2005 in the United Kingdom, London 52 people were killed in a terrorist attack and 700 were injured. At 8:50 am on July 7, 2005, explosions tore through three trains on the London Underground, killing 39 people. An hour later 13 people were killed when a bomb detonated on the upper deck of a bus in Tavistock Square. More than 700 people were injured in the four attacks. The bombings quickly shattered the joy that had accompanied the announcement the previous day that the International Olympic Committee had awarded London the 2012 Summer Games.

The poem begins with two lines which are repeated throughout the poem which convey what the narrator is thinking, they represent the voice in

“The relationship between the energies of the inquiring mind that an intelligent reader brings to the poem and the poem’s refusal to yield a single comprehensive interpretation enacts vividly the everlasting intercourse between the human mind, with its instinct to organise and harmonise, and the baffling powers of the universe about it.”