Poetry as a way of evoking emotion

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This assessment focuses on the role of poetry in conveying complex emotions, using Carol Ann Duffy's 'Stealing' as a case study. The poem transforms inexpressible feelings into language, emphasising personal solitude and rejected connection through the impact of its conclusion. Poetic techniques such as harsh diction, rhetorical questions, and caesura create a dramatic, uncomfortable resonance, enhancing themes of pain and isolation. The circular structure traps the emotion, leaving the...