Carol Ann Duffy

Click on the relevant link to access the resource ...

Text of "In Mrs Tilscher's Class"

Commentary on "In Mrs Tilscher's Class":

http://www.channel4.com/learning/main/netnotes/subid10.htm

http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/english/poetry-of-carol-ann-duffy/in-mrs-tilschers-class.html

You'll need to get a hard copy of "The Good Teachers" off Jerry.

Questions on "The Good Teachers" and "In Mrs Tilscher's Class"

Comparative Critical Essay on both poems (with plan)

"Education for Leisure"

Below are a few useful quotes on Duffy. See if you can work them into your Critical Essays.

Duffy on poetry:

"The poem is larger than life... I see the poem as a bit cartoony... like a film... or a colouring book that you colour in very brightly."

"I do feel that the past is there entirely to be the raw material of imagination"

And here's what Roger McGough (another well-respected poet) said of her: "Duffy used simple language to explore complex things."