Warming Her Pearls

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Next to my own skin, her pearls. My mistress  bids me wear them, warm them, until evening  when I'll brush her hair. At six, I plac...

When a friend of Carol Ann Duffy’s described the traditional practice of maids wearing their mistresses’ pearls during their day’s work so ...

Carol Ann Dufy (1955-present) is one of the most celebrated modern British poets. She was made Poet Laureate in 2009, and seriously consid...

Linguistically speaking , this is an exceedingly rich and involving poem. Duffy utilises fairly simple terms; indeed, “contemplating”, the...

The mistress’s pearls are the focus of Duffy’s poem. As the maid is forced to wear the pearls each day, she is constantly reminded of her ...

“Warming Her Pearls” is a poem laced with sensual imagery, focusing on the body, creating a visual journey of a maid’s unusual t...