Before You Were Mine Flashcards
All 9 cards in this deck
Who wrote ‘Before You Were Mine’, and in which collection?
Carol Ann Duffy, in Mean Time (1993).
Which role did Carol Ann Duffy hold from 2009 to 2019?
Poet Laureate: the first woman to hold it.
In which city was Carol Ann Duffy born?
Glasgow.
Who is the speaker of ‘Before You Were Mine’?
A daughter imagining her mother’s life before she was born.
What is the first line of ‘Before You Were Mine’?
“I’m ten years away from the corner you laugh on”.
Which film star is the mother compared to in ‘Before You Were Mine’?
Marilyn Monroe.
Which object of her mother’s did the child play with in ‘Before You Were Mine’?
Her mother’s red high-heeled shoes.
What is the form of ‘Before You Were Mine’?
Four five-line stanzas of free verse.
Which phrase in ‘Before You Were Mine’ sums up the young mother’s hopes?
“the fizzy, movie tomorrows”.