'Stealing' is a poem in the form of a persona. It depicts a lonely life without family and friends in which the thief finds different ways of stealing in order to amuse himself. He states 'Mostly I'm so bored I could eat myself'. He is so bored that he steals a snowman in order to make a friend. He finds out that his 'friend' has many characteristics in common to him. His friend had ' a mind as cold as the slice of ice within my own brain'.

The poet has a conversational tone such as asking questions. We are hearing only part of the

The poet has used simple and child like words in her poem as she is describing a child's life. The poem is very ordered and repetitive like a nursery rhyme. She has also used metaphors such as 'a tangible alarm' which means there is a sign of maturity and pubity in the child. She has also structured the poem well.

Carol Ann Duffy has used an irony of the thief hugging the snowman. Hugging is associated with warmth, here it is done to a snowman which would obviously be cold. There is another irony when she says that he's having a 'joyride' when he's not having fun, he's just doing it for the sake of it.

'Mrs Tilcher's Class' is a nostalgic poem. In this poem the poet tells us about growth in life. She shows this by using a kindergarten child who is developing and maturing while aging. The child experiences and learns many things during school life. The poet uses a tadpole as a metaphor for the child. As the tadpole grows up the child matures. The tadpo

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Approximate Word count = 660
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)