The Last Day of the Month Book Club discussion

Many have suggested that Carol Ann Duffy's Rapture, although a collection of separate poems, lends its self to being read straight through like a novel, rather than being dipped into as with some poetry. What do you think? And what about the themes and style lent to reading it the way you did?

It was a short collection which in a way did lend it self to being read continously. I read it in two sittings. Once on the bus ride home after collecting the book and the second as I ate my wheatabix on my day off. whilst reading the poems one after another I wondered whether they were all written about the same love. it was also interesting to see how much the outside world and environment goes hand in hand with the poets feelings of love and the connection of relationship. I don't feel as though it read like a piece of prose with a story to it but it definitely made sense as a collection.

I read this in several sittings as I found I needed to take time to ponder meanings, symbolism and imagery. Themes kept reoccurring which held the poems together but they were easy to take individually and didnt need to be read at a sitting.

I read it in one sitting, as is my preference. It did flow well read continuously.