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"My grandmother", "Piano", "At Castle Boterel" are poems which are concentrated on the main idea of 'looking back".

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  • Submitted: 23/09/2003
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GCSE Carol Ann Duffy

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"My grandmother", "Piano", "At Castle Boterel" are poems which are

concentrated on the main idea of `looking back". All three poems are

written in first person fully enabling the reader to understand the

poets experiences when they are reflecting back to their past. This

also helps the reader to get in touch with the emotions of the

writer. The images of their past are described in a detailed way

enabling the reader to experience the memory with them, showing us the

value and the importance of the poet's reflection.

The poem `My Grandmother' is the only negative experience poem out of

the three is .

about the poet expressing her regretful feelings to the reader about

her childhood, when she didn't spend much time with her grand mother

and refused the first and last offer to go out with her. "...how I

once refused to go out with her, since I was afraid"

`Piano' is a poem full of a warm, positive atmosphere which shows the

wonderful loving and caring

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