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1. genius.com › Carol-ann-duffy-queen-kong-annotatedCarol Ann Duffy – Queen Kong - Genius

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   Queen Kong Lyrics. I remember peeping in at his skyscraper room. and seeing him fast asleep. My little man. I'd been in Manhattan a week, making my plans; staying at 2 quiet hotels. in the Village ...

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3. www.poemist.com › carol-ann-duffy › queen-kongQueen Kong by Carol Ann Duffy - Poemist

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   A poem about a gorilla lover who follows her man to New York and then to the jungle, where she loses him and becomes a monster. Read the full text, analysis and context of this humorous and tragic tale by the UK's poet laureate.

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   Queen Kong is based on the story of 'King Kong', a colossal gorilla. The character was considered powerful and frightening but also showed human traits such as loneliness. Queen Kong challenges the stereotypical male role, demonstrating the clear independence and power of women rather than man. This line concludes the sixth stanza.

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6. www.britannica.com › biography › Carol-Ann-DuffyCarol Ann Duffy | Biography, Books, Poetry, & Facts | Britannica

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   Carol Ann Duffy (born December 23, 1955, Glasgow, Scotland) is a British poet whose well-known and well-liked poetry engaged such topics as gender and oppression, expressing them in familiar, conversational language that made her work accessible to a variety of readers. In 2009–19 she served as the first woman poet laureate of Great Britain.

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   Carol Ann Duffy: The World's Wife. In this course, Professor John McRae (University of Nottingham) explores Carol Ann Duffy’s 1999 collection, 'The World's Wife'. After a brief introduction to the collection as a whole, the course continue with a read-through and analysis of each of the thirty poems in the collection, one by one. Little Red-Cap

8. bethanyasliterature.blogspot.com › 2011 › 03Carol Ann Duffy - Poem Order & Themes - Blogger

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   Mar 28, 2011 · Like Queen Kong is the female equivalent of historical figures the Kray Twins who were famous mobsters that to some extent ran the East End of London. Duffy uses rhyming slang and alludes to Emmline Pankhurst - a famous suffragette which indicates the poem presents females who have been liberaterd, are talented and dominant in the 20th century, i,e Germaine Bardot Twiggy and lulu";

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   Who is Queen Kong?

   • Like Queen Kong is the female equivalent of historical figures the Kray Twins who were famous mobsters that to some extent ran the East End of London.

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   What is the world's wife by Carol Ann Duffy about?

   • against my massive, breathing lungs, he hears me roar. The collection of poems by Carol Ann Duffy entitled ‘The World’s Wife’, was first published in 1999 and presents stories, myths, fairy tales and characters in Western culture from the point of view of women.

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   Is Queen Kong the ape in 'the world's wife'?

   • The song bio gives the clue. As with all poems in ‘The World’s Wife’ the un-noticed female in male-centric stories is given prominance. Here, Queen Kong is the giant ape, not King Kong. The vulnerable woman in the original is now a little vulnerable man.

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   How does Caroline Duffy show women?

   • Caroline Duffy still shows women in a stereotypical way as after she has fixed her heart ache, she goes clothes shopping. This could show the control of the woman; she expects the man to think that she is more powerful than him. "Didn't he know" suggests that he should have known from the dominant sort of relationship already shown.

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   Why did Queen Kong Scream 'no toy or plaything has been loved more'?

   • She could be saying ‘no toy or plaything has been loved more’. The poem can be seen as an answer to the King Kong story, where the little young woman did nothing but scream (the Fay Wray character). Big King Kong was ultimately pathetic as well; not so Queen Kong! The Genius software hasn’t been adapted to include poetry.

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   What is the theme of Queen Kong?

   • Queen Kong challenges the stereotypical male role, demonstrating the clear independence and power of women rather than man. Like 'King Kong', in the poem 'Queen Kong' demonstrates herself to be strong and huge in power, yet also has human traits such as loneliness again: "i feel so lonely" This line concludes the sixth stanza.

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10. sites.google.com › ias › duffyLang and Lit 2021- - Queen Kong - Google Sites

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    Queen Kong is poem by Carol Ann Duffy from her anthology entitled ‘The World’s Wife’. The poem is a feminist twist on the well-known story of King Kong. In this poem, Carol Ann Duffy uses role reversal and Queen Kong falls in love with a human man, as opposed to King Kong falling in love with a woman. Queen Kong is illustrated to be large ...