Mrs darwi-Carol Ann Duffy

Mrs Darwin
Layout:
· Stood because of length
· Diary entry è relates to the present time when Darwin was alive.

Went to the zoo.
I said to him-
Something about that chimpanzee over there reminds me of you

Fits Darwin’s idea that we all evolved from monkeys/chimps.
· Amusing because his wife is represented as being simple, whereas he is obviously highly intelligent
· The simplicity of the poem’s layout and content is such a contradiction as a piece of literature about Darwin because his theory was so complex.

Darwin is only repre...