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What was the overall tone of Duffy's book?
Demeter was one of Zeus’ three sisters and was the the goddess of the harvest. Hades fell in love with Persephone and kidnapped her, taking her into the Underworld. After Persephone was taken away, Demeter was miserable and the world was plunged into an unending winter. Zeus sent Hermes to make a deal with Hades concerning Persephone, so that Demeter would be happy again and able to care for the crops. Finally, a deal was struck that Persephone would marry Hade and become Queen of the Underworld and return to live on earth for half the year.
Everything surrounding Demeter is desolate and dark
Imagery adds to reader's impression of Demeter's unending, unabated depression
Where I lived – winter and hard earth.
I sat in my cold stone room
choosing tough words, granite, flint,
to break the ice. My broken heart –
I tried that, but it skimmed,
flat, over the frozen lake.
She came from a long, long way,
but I saw her at last, walking,
my daughter, my girl, across the fields,
in bare feet, bringing all spring’s flowers
to her mother’s house. I swear
the air softened and warmed as she moved,
the blue sky smiling, none too soon
with the small shy mouth of a new moon
Donn, Lin. "Persephone & Demeter (myth)." Ancient Greek Roman Gods for Kids. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2013.
Lewinson, Janet. "Demeter." Sheer Poetry. Sheer Poetry, n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2013.
Which type of relationship is the purest and most unadulterated by conflict, hatred, and anger?
Where I lived - winter and hard earth.
I sat in my cold stone room
choosing tough words, granite, flint,
to break the ice. My broken heart -
I tried that, but it skimmed,
flat, over the frozen lake.
She came from a long, long way,
but I saw her at last, walking,
my daughter, my girl, across the fields,
In bare feet, bringing all spring's flowers
to her mother's house. I swear
the air softened and warmed as she moved,
the blue sky smiling, none too soon,
with the small shy mouth of a new moon.'
"...to break the ice. My broken heart-
I tried that, but it skimmed,
flat, over the frozen lake."
"She came from a long, long way,
but I saw her at last, walking,
my daughter, my girl, across the fields..."
What effect do the commas add, both visually and contextually?
The setting of the poem, which is seen from Demeter's perspective, undergoes a rapid change in between the second and third stanzas
Duffy uses imagery and syntax in her poem "Demeter" to expose her opinion that the love between a parent and a child can never be destroyed, and therefore is an untouchable pure relationship.