Beautiful
The poem 'Beautiful' comes from Duffy's 2002 collection, Feminine Gospels. The poem is written in four sections with each section depicting a famous woman renowned for her beauty. Although the women are never named, and in contrast to poems from The World's Wife collection they never speak, it is clear that they are, in chronological order: Helen of Troy, Cleopatra, Marilyn Monroe and Princess Diana. Before reading...