This lesson will help you to do this. When revising Duffy's poems, try reading them aloud. Some of the interesting effects work better if you hear them. Every part of a poem is there because the poet has thought about it in great detail. The way it sounds, the words it uses, the ideas suggested and even the way the poem is set out are things that the poet spent time thinking about.
Nothing is accidental.
Whenever you read a poem, you need to ask why the poet wrote it like that. This module will get you thinking about these aspects of the poems. Complete the following tasks for each poem. You may want to take them one at a time, but it will be really useful to do them all. You can do this on screen and print it out afterwards or you can print the tasks and answer them elsewhere.