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Carol Ann Duffy's The World's Wife explores the finitude and silences of romantic love narratives. The Collection's glittering monologues testify to the pathos and irony of 'enduring' affection, particularly marital affection, which historically and culturally have dispossessed women of their identity and speech. The reader's journey through Duffy's World's Wife is witty, uncomfortable and liberating. And then finally, just when we have become acclimatised to a 'worldly' acceptance of love un ...

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The World's Wife by Carol Ann Duffy focuses on important socio-political issues of the 1950's and is engaging, moving and witty. Not many authors would consider giving the important women in a man's life a voice when in fact, they could have been the brains behind the actions! However, are we still living in the 1950's? and should there be some form of masculine/male dominated movement.? After all, there is some sexism towards men.

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Many have touched upon the concept that Duffy's messages are somewhat obvious and condescending in their simplicity- however, this is the pinaccle of the antithesis! I find it refreshing to read poetry freed from pretentious double-sided enigmas and ambiguity, and instead to read a poem for what it is, and to form judgements from a straightforward, non-subjective narrative. Duffy chooses to communicate with her audience instead of attempting to baffle them with mysterious references and hidden ...

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This book (The World's Wife) is certainly to be avoided. It's constant battle and disparaging terms towards men are not only unpleasent to read, they also border on sexism.

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I am studying The World#s wife by Carol Ann Duffy for A level at the moment and i really like the witty humor and the distasteful "slagging off" of men and I'm male which makes it odd i suppose. People are asking if the is derogatory to men which i reply to as "depends on how insecure you are" it is disrespectful to men in some parts but its disrespect is matched by its humor because i find them rather funny. If you enjoy a light read, as most of the poems are a maximum of 2 pages long, and need ...

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Delightful and different, with provocative half-rhymes. However, if you are not a fan of poetry, this book would appeal to you equally: the humor and slight distortion of reality and myth alike set in a conversational, colloquial tone render the poetry equivalent to Calvin and hobbes-esque humor. Subtle, yet satisfying. The feminist message is present but never too extreme: instead it focuses on providing perspective, which is often more important than pushing for political and social closure on ...

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'The World's Wife' raises the dead and the silent - historical and mythic all female charcters find the words and the voices with which to revise the familiar. These new dramatic monologues give birth to refreshing and at times disturbing versions of 'realities'. Carol Ann Duffy is fascinated by resurrrection in many forms: linguistic, sexual, spiritual.
Oddly enough, these monologues are also love stories. Love may have gone wrong, may have become compromised, but tenderness lingers, even in ...

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I would disagree with the reading that many have taken from Carol Ann Duffy's work that it is excessive or extremist feminism. Anne Hathaway, for one, stands out from the collection as overwhelmingly positive in its depiction of Shakespeare, even submissive to his authority. Some of the apparently negative views of men presented in poems such as Queen Herod or the domination of the female sex as presented in Salome are condemned by association with their voice as an amoral or deranged character ...

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I definately enjoyed studying it, despite the strong sexist and feminist views

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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 to be William Shakespeare (See the only good poem in the book, Anne Hathaway) and the corporeal incarnation of the almighty (See the typically depressing poem Pilate's Wife) - which literally demonstr ...

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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 weevils;

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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, a good read.

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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 days as monkeys. Women have always been the leading gender and long may feminism rule over our land, I LOVE CAROL ANN DUFFY!!!!!!!!!

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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.