Thursday, August 4, 2011
To people doing AQA English Literature Spec A, old spec?
Hey, I studied Duffy and Armitage, but have read some Clarke, not Heaney though. However, despite not having done both groups, i'm still glad that i got to study Duffy and Armitage. not least of all because Duffy is now Poet Laureate, but also because i saw Armitage at a poetry conference, and he was AWESOME. What a guy. His poetry always surprises me in the fact that it is deeply personal, but at the same time, so universal that it feels as if he has put exactly what i have thought into words. The collection that his poems for this group are drawn from is incredible. Read it if you have the time. On the other hand, Duffy is . . . well, simply brilliant. Her characterizations in her collection "The World's Wife" is genius, and her poetry has an amazingly lyrical quality to it. Love her.
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