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Analysis of the poem "Text" by Carol Ann Duffy
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Analysis of the poem "Text" by Carol Ann Duffy
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I tend the mobile nowlike an injured bird *simile
We text, text, text *anaphora
our significant words.
I re-read your first,
your second, your third,
look for your small xx,
feeling absurd.
The codes we send
arrive with a broken chord.
I try to picture your hands,
their image is blurred. *incoherency/ miscommunication
Nothing my thumbs press
will ever be heard.
‘Text’ is part of Carol Ann Duffy’s collection Rapture, which reflects on the
progress of a relationship over the course of 52 poems that mimic the weeks of
the year. Although the relationship Duffy took inspiration from was homosexual,
she has stated her desire for her poetry to be read as non-gender specific. The
collection is therefore refreshing in its inclusivity of all forms of love.
‘Text’,
introduces a contemporary issue . It astutely explores how the medium of
mobile texting has become an imperfect but addictive medium for
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