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Thetis

Thetis. Carol Ann Duffy`. Animal - Miike Snow. Thetis. I shrank myself To the size of a bird in the hand Of a man. Sweet, sweet, was the small song That I sang Till I felt the squeeze of his fist.

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Thetis

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  1. Thetis Carol Ann Duffy`

  2. Animal - Miike Snow

  3. Thetis I shrank myselfTo the size of a bird in the handOf a man.Sweet, sweet, was the small songThat I sangTill I felt the squeeze of his fist. Then I did this:Shouldered the cross of an albatrossUp the hill of the sky.Why? To follow a ship.But I felt my wingsClipped by the squint of a crossbow’s eye. So I shopped for a suitable shape.Size 8. Snake.Big Mistake.Coiled in my charmer’s lap,I felt the grasp of his strangler’s claspAt my nape. Next I was raw, claw, 50 lb paw,Jungle-floored, meateater, raw,A zebra’s goreIn my lower jaw. But my gold eye sawThe guy in the grass with the gun. Twelve-bore.

  4. I sank through the floor of the earthTo swim in the sea.Mermaid, me, big fish, eel, dolphin,Whale, the ocean’s opera singer.Over the waves the fisherman cameWith his hook and his line and his sinker. I changed my tuneTo raccoon, skunk, stoat,To weasel, ferret, bat, mink, rat.The taxidermist sharpened his knives.I smelled the stink of formaldehyde.Stuff that. I was wind, I was gas,I was all hot air trailedClouds for hair.I scrawled my name with a hurricane,When out of the blueRoared a fighter plane. Then my tongue was flameAnd my kisses burned,But the groom wore asbestos.So I changed, I learned,Turned inside out – or that’s How it felt when the child burst out.

  5. Form • 8 stanzas • 48 lines • 6 lines in each stanza • Rhyming (hand/man/sang/ fist/this/sky/why/my/by/eye etc.) • Lines vary between 2 to 9 words. • Syllable count are from 3 to 10 per line. • In first person (informal)

  6. Historical • Archaic Greece (period before Athens and Sparta City-states). • Sea nymph/ water goddess • Initially courted by two gods (Zeus and Poseidon) • Thrown aside for a prophecy stating that which ever child Thetis bore, would be stronger than its father. • She married a mortal Peleus and gave birth to Achilles. • She made him immortal by dipping him into the River Styx (some legends it’s fire instead) but held him by his ankle, making it his weak-spot.

  7. Poem • Literal: Thetis shape shifts throughout her life until the point of her child’s birth. • Ideas • Man vs. Nature • Learning from one’s mistakes—adapting to one’s surroundings (“I changed, I learned”) • Changing oneself for the likes of others (“I shopped for a suitable shape”) • Empowerment of women—growing stronger (“I was roar, claw, 50lb paw”) and changing after heartbreaks (“I changed my tune”).

  8. Sound Devices Alliteration • “Sweet, sweet, was the small song” • “So I shopped for a suitable shape./Size 8. Snake” • “the guy in the grass with the gun.” • “Ocean’s Opera singer” • “I was wind, I was gas” Assonance • “Hand/of a man…that I sang” • “Squeezed his fist./Then I did this:” • “Cross of an albatross” • “Shape/Size 8./Snake/Big Mistake” • “Grasp of his strangler’s clasp” • “Zebra’s gore… Twelve-bore” • “Bat, mink, rat” • “Hot air, trailed/clouds for hair” • “Name with a hurricane” • “Plane/Then my tongue was flame”

  9. Sound Devices (continuation) Consonance • “Hill/follow” • “Sky/why/my/by…eye” • “Lap/grasp…clasp/nape” • “was…claw…paw/raw/lower jaw/saw/with…twelve-bore” Anaphora • “I was wind, I was gas,/I was all hot air” Enjambment • Myself/to, hand/of, song/that, albatross/up, wings/clipped, clasp/at, earth/to, came/with, tune/to, trailed/clouds, blue/roared, flame/and, that’s/how. Onomatopoeia • “Sweet, sweet, was the small song/that I sang,” Asyndeton (numeration) • “Mermaid, me big fish, eel, dolphin,/whale” • “To raccoon, skunk stoat,/to weasel, ferret, bat, mink, rat”

  10. Figurative Language Hyperbole • “I shrank myself/to the size of a bird” • “My tongue was flame” Imagery • “Squeeze of his fist” • “Shouldered the cross” • “Coiled in my charmer’s lap” • “Gold eye saw” • “Sank through the floor” • “Sharpened his knives” • “The stink of formaldehyde” • “Scrawled my name with a hurricane” • “The child burst out” Irony/Pun • “Stuff it”

  11. Figurative Language (continuation) Personification • “Squint of a crossbow’s eye” • “Ocean’s opera singer” • “Roared a fighter plane” • “My kissed burned” Metonymy • “Roar, claw, 50lb paw/meateater, raw” • “Gold eye saw” • “Groom” Antithesis • “I sank through the floor of the earth”

  12. Discussion Questions: Question 1: How has the concept of survival of the fittest have an impact on human society, and has said impact been positive or negative? Question 2: The poem “Thetis” is written in the first person, thus giving the readers an idea of the female’s side of survival. How accurate is the idea of changing “shapes” in modern society?

  13. Bibliography Pictures • http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&q=animals#/d4r7hxh • http://darkdex52.deviantart.com/art/Aluminium-Lizard-151319650?q=boost%3Apopular%20in%3Aphotography%2Fnature%2Freptiles&qo=21 • http://browse.deviantart.com/photography/nature/wild/?order=9&offset=24#/d2crmgt • http://browse.deviantart.com/photography/nature/wild/?order=9&offset=24#/d4gaa9p • http://browse.deviantart.com/photography/nature/underwater/#/d2e0sq6 • http://browse.deviantart.com/photography/nature/birds/?order=9&offset=48#/d4p6xht • http://browse.deviantart.com/photography/nature/birds/?order=9&offset=72#/d4qy3ez • http://browse.deviantart.com/photography/nature/reptiles/#/d4iq2qc • http://browse.deviantart.com/photography/nature/underwater/?order=9&offset=24#/d2ckk4c • http://browse.deviantart.com/?order=9&q=animal+textures&offset=24#/d16aiqv • http://browse.deviantart.com/?order=9&q=animal+textures&offset=48#/d56m66g Information • https://henriksenenglish.wikispaces.com/file/view/Thetis.pdf • www.whscms.org.uk/getfile.php?src=239/Thetis.ppt • http://bethanyasliterature.blogspot.com/2011/03/carol-ann-duffy-poem-order-themes.html

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