Hardy - The workbox & Gillian Clarke "My Box"

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... ngs have made her a person. 'A tree´ stands for a possible family tree, having continuity in her life. 'A lover´ means the good and bad experiences that couples generally have. 'Words´ means what you say to people and how they affect you and them. It also says that 'words´ were harvested, in the last stanza. 'A box´ means her whole life with her partner and her experiences. 'Books´ are the twelve books that she has written in which shows her memories. The 'Golden tree´ is the core of the poem, it is a metaphor for love and how was nurtured from a seed, faces the good and bad experiences and how it flourishes into something beautiful.

Throughout the poem, it seems that the poet is consciously wanting the woman to age. At the beginning of the poem, Clarke writes as if the woman is young in the relationship. In the second stanza, Clarke writes as though the woman has got married and has had children. The last stanza is like the end of the woman´s life, certainly not the end of the relationship because she believes that her experiences will live on through the books. I think the poet is trying to show that life is short but memories will always outlive them.

"Valentine" written by Carol Ann Duffy, is a poem about a gift on an onion to her lover. The first line in the poem is negative 'Not a red rose or a satin heart.´ So, from the first line of the poem, the readers know whether or not the poem is going to be positive or negative. In this case, it is negative because it starts with 'not´. The first line is not part of a stanza so the poet is meaning this part to be emphasised. The poem starts by telling you what it isn´t, then what it is.

'I give you an onion.´ Duffy is deliberately trying to be unc ...

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