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HOUR

By Carol Ann Duffy

Metaphor

"for thousands of seconds we kiss; your hair like treasure on the ground; the Midas light...

the word treasure implies he/she is valuable to her.

"Love's time's beggar, but even a single hour, bright as a dropped coin, makes love rich."

"Time slows, for here we are millionaires, backhanding the night."

This poem is based

on a fairytale called

Rumpelstiltskin

there is a magical sense towards the poem it seems like it is a fantasy .

It could also be based on a lie, just like the fairytale because the Miller's daughter lied to the king to gain riches.

The use of punctuation makes slow down. To emphasize the length of this hour in comparison with others.

Passer by

Time

Themes

"so nothing dark will end our shining hour..."

Dropped coin

Single hour

Time:

This means the night wont ruin their single hour together

because they have met early when the sun is bright.

also the mention of them having a shining hour makes

the reader suggest this is the best moment of their lives.

"time hates love." she uses this in her last stanza to show her frustration. Time symbolizes the person throughout the poem; the beggar is love.

"than here. Now."

Beggar

Love

Now is a short sentence, this shows a short event in its

singular moment.

the affair coming to an end?

gone in a flash

Language & Structure

Themes

Value:

Hour follows the structure of a Shakespearean sonnet: it has fourteen lines and a predictable rhyme scheme.

Hour has many references to money and riches, contrasting the concept of material wealth and possessions against love and time spent with a loved one.

The theme of value is she begins with comparing her love as a coin being dropped into a cup but in reality she means a single hour with her lover.

Love’s time’s beggar, but even a single hour,

bright as a dropped coin, makes love rich.

We find an hour together, spend it not on flowers

or wine, but the whole of the summer sky and a grass ditch.

For thousands of seconds we kiss; your hair

like treasure on the ground; the Midas light

turning your limbs to gold. Time slows, for here

we are millonaires, backhanding the night

so nothing dark will end our shining hour,

no jewel hold a candle to the cuckoo spit

hung from the blade of grass at your ear,

no chandelier or spotlight see you better lit

than here. Now. Time hates love, wants love poor,

but love spins gold, gold, gold from straw.

Comparison

Themes

The opening words "Love's time's beggar" echo another poem in the

'Relationships' section of the AQA Anthology,

Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 ("Love's not Time's fool"), which also explores the relationship

between love and the passage of time

Love:

Carol Ann Duffy uses the theme love to express how

she feels towards her lover. She seems to believe that

love is more important than anything and that time

is always against her.

Quick Summary...

By Celine McLeish

11AT

  • This poem is about how precious time is for lovers.The poet directly addresses her lover considering the value of their time spent together.
  • The poem suggests that to be with a loved one, even for just an hour, is precious and valuable.
  • The importance of value runs throughout the whole poem.
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