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.
This 15 minute video from The Learning Cauldron offers a a close-reading of Duffy's "Mrs 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.
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.
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.Â