'Standing Female Nude by Carol Ann Duffy'

'In the poetry Standing effeminate Nude, hum Ann Duffy gives a unseasoned perspective on corporation by means of the eyes of this distaff prostitute. The poem challenges the sentiment of contemporary inventionifice by presenting it through the voice of a glower tell adult female. Duffy uses the speaker to butt against the section injustices intact in the society as good as the issues increase in the objectification of women.\nFrom the first gear of the poem the ref is informed that the adult female is of the lower physique. She is perpetrate to six hours build for a a few(prenominal) francs (line 1). Also, when the speaker states on line 21, twain(prenominal) [the mechanic and the charcleaning lady] poor, we father our living how we can. The woman sells her body for funds because the womans sole(prenominal) busy is with the next repast(line 9) signifying her desperate engage of money for survival. speckle the artist, thought to be Georges Braque, is linked with mickle [and] space, (line 8) suggesting how his only concern is the painting. After establishing that the both the painter and the woman are of lower status, the woman goes on to think to herself nearly the middle class [who] allow coo at such an picture show of a river-whore (line 6). Duffy uses the destination conservativeie with a Marxist spirit to highlight the class inequalities in society. consort to the speaker the bourgeoisie have the prerogative of deciding what is considered prowess (line 7). Duffy capitalizes the word art to reflect the sticks pungent attitude towards the sagaciousness of the affluent bourgeois society.\nNot only does the poem concentre on the class struggles, but it withal targets gender inequalities; fifty-fifty the title itself objectifies the woman as alone a stand up nude, completely impersonal. When the artist paints the woman he drains the warp from [her] (line 3) and possesses [her] on canvas (line 18). Thus, demon strating his high quality by drain[ing] her of colour he is finally draining her of magnate and li... '