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What do you find interesting about the way Duffy presents loving relationships in three poems in this collection?
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What do you find interesting about the way Duffy presents loving relationships in three poems in this collection? (The Other Country) In the volume 'The Other Country' Duffy examines a multiplicity of themes, one of which being the idea of a 'platonic, sexual or romantic love as being another country'. Another of Duffy's chief concerns in this volume is the failure of language to express truth or meaning. The poet's presentation of loving relationships differs in each of her poems, as in the poem 'Girlfriends' where the loving relationship is suggested to be one between two women and in which Duffy examines the relationship of the self in relation to the other. Conversely, 'Words, Wide Night' and 'Dream of a Lost Friend' also examine loving relationships, however the latter explores a more platonic relationship rather than sexual like in 'Girlfriends'. Duffy explores a range of techniques to portray the relationships being...
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