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Havisham

Havisham. By Carol Ann Duffy. Havisham  Beloved sweetheart bastard.  Not a day since then I haven't wished him dead.  Prayed for it so hard I've dark green pebbles for eyes, ropes on the back of my hands I could strangle with.

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Havisham

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  1. Havisham By Carol Ann Duffy

  2. Havisham  Beloved sweetheart bastard.  Not a day since thenI haven't wished him dead.  Prayed for itso hard I've dark green pebbles for eyes,ropes on the back of my hands I could strangle with. Spinster.  I stink and remember.  Whole daysin bed cawing Nooooo at the wall; the dressyellowing, trembling if I open the wardrobe;the slewed mirror, full-length, her, myself, who did this to me?  Puce curses that are sounds not words.Some nights better, the lost body over me,my fluent tongue in its mouth in its earthen down till  suddenly bite awake.  Love's hate behind a white veil; a red balloon burstingin my face.  Bang.  I stabbed at a wedding cake.Give me a male corpse for a long slow honeymoon.Don't think it's only the heart that b-b-b-breaks.

  3. Who is Havisham? • Miss Havisham is character from Charles Dickens “Great Expectations” • She was jilted at the altar in the book • This poem is an outpouring of her bitterness and resentment • Why do you think Duffy dropped the Miss?

  4. Oxymoron Expressing her violent emotions Metaphor Reference to age, but not having lived Her Victorian label, suggesting she will never marry Reference to the wedding dress and to her own sense of decay Onomatopoeia Bird imagery Red is a passionate colour Enjambment links stanzas 2/3 3/4 The reflection shows a devastated state So emotional she emits only sound Sexual fantasy Oxymoron Violent & disturbing images Her language echoes her pain Havisham  Beloved sweetheart bastard.  Not a day since thenI haven't wished him dead.  Prayed for itso hard I've dark green pebbles for eyes,ropes on the back of my hands I could strangle with. Spinster.  I stink and remember.  Whole daysin bed cawing Nooooo at the wall; the dressyellowing, trembling if I open the wardrobe;the slewed mirror, full-length, her, myself, who did this to me?  Puce curses that are sounds not words.Some nights better, the lost body over me,my fluent tongue in its mouth in its earthen down till  suddenly bite awake.  Love's hate behind a white veil; a red balloon burstingin my face.  Bang.  I stabbed at a wedding cake.Give me a male corpse for a long slow honeymoon.Don't think it's only the heart that b-b-b-breaks.

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