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Before You Were Mine -
Carol Ann Duffy
- "you laugh on"
(present tense)
- It is used to describe an event in the past
to create a vivid image
- It is used to describe an event in the past
to create a vivid image
- "your polka-dot dress blows
round your legs. Marilyn"
- Hints that unhappiness will come
- Hints that unhappiness will come
- "The thought of me doesn't
occur"
- Hint of jealousy
- Hint of jealousy
- "the fizzy, movie tomorrows"
(figurative language)
- Suggests energy and exciting
possibilities
- Suggests energy and exciting
possibilities
- "You reckon it's worth it"
- Her mum wasn't scared of the consequences of
enjoying herself
- Her mum wasn't scared of the consequences of
enjoying herself
- "relics"
- To the narrator, her mother's
glamour is precious
- To the narrator, her mother's
glamour is precious
- "I wanted the bold girl"
- Her birth meant that her mum
couldn't be the same anymore
- Her birth meant that her mum
couldn't be the same anymore
- "sparkle and waltz and laugh"
- Repetition of 'and' emphasises how
many energetic qualities she had
- Repetition of 'and' emphasises how
many energetic qualities she had
- "before you were mine"
(repetition)
- Emphasises the difference
between then and now
- Emphasises the difference
between then and now
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