Discuss Duffy's themes and techniques in "The Captain of the 1964 Top of the Form Team" and one other poem of your choice. You should include discussion of the poet's use of language, structure and form in your response.

... Discuss Duffy's themes and techniques in "The Captain of the 1964 Top of the Form Team" and one other poem of your choice. You should include discussion of the poet's use of language, structure and form in your response. In the poem "The Captain of the 1964 Top of the Form Team" a man is recalling his childhood memories of when he was captain of a school academic team and had all the answers. It is a dramatic monologue of a man telling possibly his friend, wife or children about a competition between schools "Top of the Form" a quiz show of the 60s. The poem is written in the first person as it is the "Captain that is speaking to someone. There are 10 stanzas in the poem all of various lengths, the structure of the poem is disjointed suggesting that this is his trail of thought and his mind

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