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THEME
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Which poems are based on
Memories, History or The Past?
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Memories/History/The Past
•On My First Sonne
•My Last Duchess
and
•Havisham
•Anne Hathaway
•Before You were Mine
•Homecoming
•Kid
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Which poems are concerned with
Death?
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Death
•On My First Sonne
•My Last Duchess
•The Laboraory
and
•Havisham
•Anne Hathaway
•Education for Leisure
•Hitcher
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Which poems reveal
Violence, Power over or Hatred of
Others?
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Violence, Power, Hatred of Others
•The Laboratory
and
•My Last Duchess
•Havisham
•Education for Leisure
•Hitcher
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Which poems show
Depictions of Love?
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Depictions of Love
•On My First Sonne
•Sonnet 130
•My Last Duchess
•The Laboratory
and
•Havisham
•Anne Hathaway
•Before You Were Mine
•Mother, any Distance
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Which poems reveal
Relationships with others?
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Relationships with others
•On My First Sonne
•Sonnet 130
•My Last Duchess
•The Laboratory
and
•Havisham
•Anne Hathaway
•Before You Were Mine
•Mother, any Distance
•Homecoming
•Kid
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Which poems depict
Failed or Troubled Relationships?
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Failed/Troubled Relationships
•My Last Duchess
•The Laboratory
and
•Havisham
•Homecoming
•Kid
•Education for Leisure
•Hitcher
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Which of the poems reveal
Despair or Happiness?
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Despair or Happiness
•On My First Sonne
•Sonnet 130
and
•Anne Hathaway
•Before You Were Mine
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STRUCTURE
STYLE
TECHNIQUES
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The poet adopts a Persona/Uses
dramatic Monologue
•My Last Duchess
•The Laboratory
and
•Havisham
•Anne Hathaway
•Kid
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Use of particular forms
•Sonnet form - Sonnet 130 and Anne Hathaway
•Rhyme – On My First Sonne (elegy or epitaph), My Last
Duchess, The Laboratory, Sonnet 130, Anne Hathaway.
•Present Tense – Sonnet 130, Before you Were Mine,
Mother any Distance
•Enjambement – My Last Duchess, The Laboratory, Anne
Hathaway, Salome, Mother any Distance, Hitcher
•Conversational tone – My Last Duchess, The Laboratory,
Before You Were Mine, Education for Leisure, Kid,
Hitcher.
Linking Duffy & Armitage to pre-1914 poems
- useful for the “2 + 2” comparisons
Pre-1914 Poems Post-1914 Duffy & Armitage Poems
On My First Sonne Anne Hathaway
Before You Were Mine
Sonnet 130 Anne Hathaway
Before You Were Mine
My Last Duchess Havisham
Hitcher
Kid
The Laboratory Education for Leisure
Hitcher