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Mrs Midas - Carol Ann Duffy
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Mrs Midas - Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy's Mrs Midas is a feminist re-working of the legendary Greek Myth 'King Midas'. It is a dramatic monologue from the perspective of Midas' suffering wife 'Mrs Midas'. In previous variations of the King Midas story there is no mention of a wife. Caroline Duffy creates the fictional persona in order to bring to light a female perspective on the flaws within the male species.
The poem contains eleven Stanza's. These have no recognisable rhyme scheme but do feature various plays on words i.e. wine/unwind and possibly contain some internal rhyming, depending on how it is read. The first stanza opens and through the tense used, shows that Mrs Midas is recalling events that have passed "It was late September." This stanza is delivered with a relaxed flowing rhythm that enables the reader to envision Mrs Midas - The Housewife - relaxing in domesticated bliss. This is until the snapping of the twig in the final line, brings both the relaxing mood and the stanza to a harsh and abrupt halt. The second stanza is just as visually descriptive and instantly enables you envision what Mrs Midas witnesses in
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