CONTEXT - WORKS OF CAROL ANN DUFFY

What was Duffy’s first poetry collection called?

Standing female nude

What is ‘the standing female nude’ about?

a prositute who sells her body for little money and the ‘worthier’ artist who paints her

When is standing female nude released?

1985

When is selling manhattan published?

1987

What is ‘selling manhattan’ about?

the indigenous people selling the area of Manhattan for £24.00 worth of glass beads

When is the other country published?

1990

When is the mean time published?

1993

What is the mean time/it’s title about?

TITLE - time taken from Grennwich London, angry time, or waiting for something, ABOUT - the inescapable nature of time

When is the world’s wife published?

1999

What is the world’s wife about?

fictional/historical women coming together to tell their stories

When was feminine gospels published?

2002

When was rapture published?

2005

What is rapture about?

the full story of a relationship and all it entails

When was love poem published?

2005

What is the significance of love poem?

draws upon references to previous love poems/poets

When was the Bees published?

2011

What is the bees about?

compares the process of writing a poem to bees making honey

When was rings published?

2011

Why was Rings written?

for William and Kate, but never explictly mentions them and instead draws upon rings in nature

When was Sincerity written?

2018

What is sincerity written about?

politicians and their failures, last collection as Poet Laureate

When was Empty nest COLLECTED by Duffy?

2021

What was Duffy’s poem in empty nest about?

her daughter (Ella) leaving home

When was Earth Poems COLLECTED by Duffy?

2024

Why did Duffy COLLECT earth poems?

to raise awarness for the environment