Feminine gospels - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Detailed, sophisticated A/A* quality notes and analysis for each poem in Carol Ann Duffy’s poetry collection, ‘Feminine Gospels’ - covering every assessment objective required for A Level English Literature, including key themes and methods, context and critics! Includes comparative links between the poems within the collection and to Tennessee Williams’ play, ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, and to Atwood’s novel, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’.

Handmaids Tale and Feminine Gospels Comparison Latest 2024 A+

Feminine Gospels Test Questions with Answers Context in Tall - Answer-- final stanza in the poem makes reference to 'the burning towers' - Duffy is discussing the events of 9/11 in America. The attacks of September 11th 2001 saw passenger airliners crashed into the World Trade Center - attack resulted in 2,977 fatalities and over 25,000 injuries Tall Analysis - Answer-Stanzas 1+2+3+4: - poem begins with 'Then,' suggesting that everything that happened before in this woman's life has...

Feminine Gospels Test Questions with Answers The Map-Woman - Answer-Themes: Bodies, Place, Identity, Memories, Insecurity, Control - Extended metaphor of skin as a map for her past. Identity is on her skin, it's almost an accessory rather than something deeply buried within her personality - Metaphor of a journey; she has something to escape from. - A woman's path/route is mapped and cannot be diverted from Quotes: - "She covered it up with... and fingertip-sleeved" - beco...

Feminine Gospels Test Questions with Correct Answers Work context - Answer-Personification of the world and the increasing pressure it takes on as a result of unsustainable expansion and development - current level and pace of development is dangerous and destructive. Current concerns about climate change and the volume of plastic in the ocean Work historian study - Answer-Typical postmodern view- future, critiquing our past errors, breaking stereotypes Marxist perspective- working class ...

Feminine Gospels Exam Questions with Answers Technique: [The use of stanzas to represent historical women] - Answer-Poem: Beautiful The longer the stanza, the longer the male gaze has been able to transform the reality of the past. Link to the Virgin's Memo. This is supported via the hyperbolic language in "a thousand ships". Quote: "The bird of calamity" - Answer-Poem: Beautiful Smallest bird in it's family and one of distress and damage. A direct attempt of the male world infring...

Feminine Gospels Exam Questions and Answers Sub - Extended metaphor of being a substitute - Answer-Representing the portrayal of females as second choice Arguing that women could have performed equally well in the role Sub - Ends on a colon - Answer-Indicates a final reflection on the achievements of women Laughter of Stafford Girls - Extended metaphor of laughter - Answer-Represents freedom of speech and the restriction of feminist rebellion Laughter of Stafford Girls - Quotation ...

My analysis of Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Feminine Gospels’ poetry, for the ‘Modern times: literature from 1945 to the present day’ section. I used this to get an A* in my 2023 A-level (which I compared to The Handmaid’s Tale, but can be used as stand-alone poertry revision too). Includes in-depth analysis (covering AO1 and AO2) and notes on context (AO3) - of the author and historical; literary critics' opinions / comparisons to other poems (AO4).

Two essays for OCR English Literature A Level Coursework/NEA. First one is 'Analysing language, imagery, verse and form, discuss how Duffy presents the obsession with body image and its consequences in this extract from, ‘The Diet’, considering how this section is representative of ideas Duffy presents in the whole poem and Feminine Gospels.' Received 13/15 Second one is the comparison essay. Compare and contrast how important symbolism is to our understanding of the text in ‘The Catc...

- Comes from student currently attending Oxford University after getting 4 A*s at A Level - Essay explores how Duffy's perception of female suffering and how her collection conveys her viewpoints