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In the poems ‘Stealing’ and ‘Mrs Tilcher’s Class’ Carol Ann Duffy tells us about life through different people’s eyes . In both her poems she uses simple words and metaphors to express her views. Stealing shows us how boring l ....

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.... are hearing only part of the conversation. The poem is set on a cold chilly night. The poet is more cynical and formal when she is talking about the snowman. The phrase ‘an idle mind is a devil’s workshop’ is very applicable here since the thief has nothing to do, so to keep himself busy he breaks into people’s homes. He has a rather ruthless philosophy of life that ‘better of dead than giving in, not taking what you want’. He steals not for money but for the pleasure. He tries to be part of families by collecting photographs of them, this is evidence of his loneliness. Carol Ann Duffy has used an irony of the thi ....