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Childhood and Memories poetry.
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Essay - Childhood and Memories poetry Carol Ann Duffy was born in 1955 and has four brothers; she grew up in Staffordshire with a strong religious upbringing. At fourteen she decided to become a poet and has written ever since. A lot of her works look at growing up and past experiences especially from childhood. Most of these poems are published in her 1993 book of poetry, "Mean Time". I am going to concentrate on five of her poems; "The Captain of the 1964 Top of the Form Team", "Litany", "Stafford Afternoons", "Brothers" and "Prayer". One of the most obvious points that stand out in all of Duffy's poems is religion and it isn't surprising having gone to catholic schools since the age of seven! The poem "Litany" has a clear religious meaning with the title having Christian references; a litany in the church is a list of people who the...
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