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Compare the methods Armitage and Duffy use to convey their ideas about change in the poems you have read so far.
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Catherine Gee 18/10/02 Compare the methods Armitage and Duffy use to convey their ideas about change in the poems you have read so far. Both Carol Ann Duffy and Simon Armitage use a range of methods in their exploration of the theme of change. Duffy's poems tend to be more personal although in her poems about change, such as 'Pluto' and 'The Captain of the 1964 Top of the Form Team' she writes in a male voice which then distances her from the speaker. Armitage writes more universal poems, few of which are written of personal experiences in the first person. Both write about change in a mostly negative manner, particularly seen in 'Pluto', 'The Captain of the 1964 Top of the Form Team' and 'Afterword. The use of form and structure contributes considerably to the exploration of the theme of change. It is used variably through their poetry. In 'Man with...
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