Before you were mine was written by Carol Ann Duffy.

... Before you were Mine Before you were mine was written by Carol Ann Duffy who writes about her mother before the poet was born after seeing a photo of her when she was a teenager. She is inspired to write the poem because she thinks her mother was happier then. She begins the poem by setting the scene and portraying her to be romantic and attractive, the poet dos this by comparing her to Marilyn Monroe in her 'polka-dot dress' that 'blows round your legs' There is internal rhyme in these quotes which was' probably used to emphasise the similarity of her mother to Marilyn Monroe. The idea of the poem being written in the present tense, and the use of onomatopoeia, 'fizzy' shows how the poet is trying to make her mother's past as real as possible. This word creates the imagery of champagne and therefore it might portray her bubbly

want to read more? →