Passing of time - compares mother's life 10 years ago to the present day
Loss/grief - 'high heeled shoes, relics', shows loss of youth/freedom, mother grieving lack of social life after having a child?
Nostalgia - uses romantic imagery to describe mother's youth and past life
Construction of the self - describes mother as a teenager/young adult; indicating she is very different now
Mean time - robbed mother of her freedom and youth
Dramatising scenes from adolescence - mother having a good time with her friends, but also persona wondering what mother was like before she was born
Moments of consolation through memory - at least her mother had a good few years of freedom and fun
Regret - feels bad for robbing her mother of freedom
Love/fondness - uses language to show how persona admires her mother, 'Marilyn' imagery, sees her as very glamorous and beautiful
The everyday - mother's everyday life changed from being a teenager to being a parent; imagery used to make past seem magical
Fantasy - imagery and language make mother's past life seem like a fantasy, something that wouldn't happen in reality

	Created by Summer Pearce over 7 years ago

A-Level (Year 1) (Year 1) English Language and Literature (Mean Time by Carol Ann Duffy) Note on Before You Were Mine, created by Summer Pearce on 09/03/2017.

Before You Were Mine