Mrs Icarus
Carol Ann Duffy * Track #21 On The World’s Wife
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- #4Mrs Midas
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- #5From Mrs Tiresias
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- #14Mrs Quasimodo
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- #16The Devil’s Wife
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- #18Mrs. Lazarus
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- #19Pygmalion’s Bride
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- #20Mrs Rip Van Winkle
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- #21Mrs Icarus
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- #22Frau Freud
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- #23Salome
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- #24Eurydice
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- #25The Kray Sisters
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- #26Elvis’s Twin Sister
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- #27Pope Joan
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- #29Mrs Beast
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- #30Demeter
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Mrs Icarus by Carol Ann Duffy
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Carol Ann DuffyAbout
The collection of poems by Carol Ann Duffy entitled ‘The World’s Wife’, was first published in 1999 and presents stories, myths, fairy tales and characters in Western culture from the point of view of women. Much of literature through the ages and even today is patriarchal, presenting the world from...
Mrs Icarus Annotated
I'm not the first or the last
to stand on a hillock
watching the man she married
prove to the world
he's a total, utter, absolute, Grade A pillock.
Mrs Icarus Q&A
What does Grade A pillock mean?
A pillock is an idiot; a fool. It’s slang and tends to be used jokingly, but with contempt.
Grade A is the highest level of foolishness … or ‘pillock-ness’! These poems portray men at their worst.
What do you think the main comment on patriarchal assumptions is here?
It’s not so much patriarchal — Iarus has no aspirations to dominate woman — but of male arrogance and foolishness. He’s like the biker who feels he must break the speed limit to impress the women.