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Ms Duffy appears to live an intellectual bubble the size of a small cupboard in which the non-existent quintessence of femininity is the single most precious thing in the entire universe; which must at all costs be protected from hedonistic behemoths called "men". The only exceptions to this appear ...

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Carol Ann Duffy, The World's Wife is awful. Like an apple that has sat, ugly and squat, in the fruit bowl since last july, Carol's poetry will leave a disgraceful taste in your mouth. Not only this, much like the withered fruit in the analogy, the poetry seems to attract stunted, blood-sucking weev ...

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The Worlds Wife poems are inventive, complexed and overall expressing of the females to the strong males powers in history and myths, I love reading them and they create visual images in ones mind.

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The fact that this book gives women voices says it all, i am studying this book and think that Duffy is extremely talented, creating pieces of poetry with meanings and laughter.

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I am currently studying The Worlds Wife at A level Literature. I also studied Duffy at GCSE level and adored her poems. The book is comical and gives a voice to women who were not heard, however, at some times it can be too over powering with feministic views. Some of the poems drag on, but overall, ...

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I loved this book that i am studying for my a levels, the comments that she makes I don't think are too much, i believe they are enough to make people laugh, and she uses the language she does for a reason.
I think it is great that the voices of unheard women are finally coming out.
Brilliant. ...

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I found this book to be extremely good. I was astounded to find that there were actually poems with the iridescent pages of the covers. I nearly came to fruition when i read Mrs. Darwin as it is an excellent portrayal of the male gender. As there is not a particularly evident evolution from our day ...

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I am currently studying these poems for a-level and the first one we did was Frau Freud - what a way to start!
I am finding it delightfully exhilarating and so incredibly rich and vivid, and her choice of words are just perfect.

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Carol Ann Duffy, The World's Wife is fairly flimsy and pages become detached easily. Paper use inside gets 'bitty' when rubbed.

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I am a student studying worlds wife for A-level.
I absolutely love this book, the range of poems is amazing, the poems are very humorous and easy to read and understand, and its not feminist, everything she makes men out to be is true!
I love her poems and I think she is an amazing writer. ...