1. What do these symbols connote?
What is their shared topic/theme?

2. Quickdraw Carol Ann Duffy
Tuesday, 27 November 2018
Quickdraw Carol Ann Duffy
To analyse the poem “Quickdraw” by Carol Ann Duffy
To learn about extended metaphor

3. Extended Metaphor
A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a piece of literature, including poems.

4. Quickdraw
I wear the two, the mobile and the landline phones,
like guns, slung from the pockets on my hips. I’m all
alone. You ring, quickdraw, your voice a pellet
in my ear, and hear me groan.
You’ve wounded me.
Next time, you speak after the tone. I twirl the phone,
then squeeze the trigger of my tongue, wide of the mark.
You choose your spot, then blast me
through the heart.
And this is love, high noon, calamity, hard liquor
in the old Last Chance saloon. I show the mobile
to the sheriff; in my boot, another one’s
concealed. You text them both at once. I reel.
Down on my knees, I fumble for the phone,
read the silver bullets of your kiss. Take this …
and this … and this … and this … and this …
Annotate:
Language techniques (including simile, metaphor, enjambment, caesura, alliteration, repetition)
Any references to the Western Genre.
How is Duffy using an extended metaphor in this poem?

5. Step 1: Subject & message Semantic fields/lexis
Quickdraw – Analysis
Step 1: Subject & message
Topic of poem
Message of poem
Step 2: Language
Poetic techniques
Semantic fields/lexis
Step 3: Structure
# of Stanzas
Rhyming scheme
Flow & tone

6. Find a quotation for every illustration that matches it.
What does it connote? What does it reveal about the relationship?

7. Creating a Poem
Choose one of the images below and write a romantic poem, using the image as the basis for an extended metaphor.
The poem could discuss either a positive or negative relationship.
MCDONALD’S
HORROR FILM
SICKNESS

8. They ask me for my order
I ask for a healthy meal
They hand me coke and burger
I demand a cheaper deal
Once the problems clear
And we all know what we meant
The server smiles politely
And off to eat I went
The burger tastes delicious
But now there is a pain
I find a burnt out charcoal
And here we go again