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Duffy's The World's Wife IBliteratureisLIT
This 15 minute video from IBliteratureisLIT offers a feminist analysis of Duffy's collection of poetry with IB students in mind. The video explores the collection through four feminist themes: female independence, the reversal of gender roles, the suffering of women, and female maturity.
Carol Ann Duffy's "Mrs Midas" | How to Analyse Poetry The Learning Cauldron
This 15 minute video from The Learning Cauldron offers a a close-reading of Duffy's "Mirs Midas" to which students can follow along. The video explains how students can tackle poetry and offers some explanations as to what to look for in a poem.
Rapid Review of The World's Wife
There are A LOT of poems in this collection of Duffy's, and you might not know who they are all about. This Rapid Review video provides some context for these allusions and may help you find out which poems you'd be most interested in.
The Lost Lectures: Carol Ann Duffy The Lost Lectures
Carol Ann Duffy reads through a series of selected pieces, giving a broad cross-section of her life's work. She also tells about the inspiration behind some of her most iconic poems. At times humorous, at times heartbreaking, her body of work captures the extremities of human emotion. Soulful viewing and a must see for poetry lovers and budding bards.
The World's Wife: An opera in the making What You See Festival
This offers a visual and auditory perspective for Carol Ann Duffy's poetry, and we can see literature transform into other mediums as artists make difference choices.