Love and Venus: Looking at Form
The two poems used in this lesson, Love and Venus, both come from Duffy's 2005 collection, Rapture. The lesson is focused on form and in particular the choices poets make when it comes to lineation (for more on lineation follow this link to The Poetic Line). The lesson aims to heighten students' awareness of this particular aspect of the poet's craft and how Duffy - like all good poets - shapes the lines of her poems...