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"She writes in everyday, conversational language, making her poems appear deceptively simple. With this demotic style she creates contemporary versions of traditional poetic forms - she makes frequent use of the dramatic monologue in her exploration of different voices and different identities, and she also uses the sonnet form. Duffy is both serious and humorous, often writing in a mischievous, playful style - in particular, she plays with words as she explores the way in which meaning and reality are constructed through language." (British Council).

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"Through her poems, Duffy takes the heroines and wives of the past and reshapes them to speak of the inequality they’ve faced before and how different versions of the same inequality continue till date. Her characters and their experiences are relatable to the reader." (The Curious Reader).

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Most of Duffy's poems have been feminist or related to femininity in some way. She displays this through her poems relating to homosexuality and just oppression of women in broad ways.

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Carol Ann Duffy began her career early on at 14, but after attaining a degree at Liverpool University, began traveling to teach her poetry and continued writing. She won many awards for her work and began teaching as her way of giving back.

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Carol Ann Duffy is active in many civil rights movements, especially for women. She came out as Homosexual and had a 15-year relationship with another poet Jackie Kay. Carol had a daughter with Jackie, Ella Benson, with her biological father being Peter Benson.

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Carol Ann Duffy since 15 years old has declared herself to be an atheist. Despite this, she claims that poetry is her way of prayer.

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Carol Ann Duffy was born December 23, 1955 in Glasgow, Scotland. She lived here until age six and then her family moved to Stafford, England.
Duffy began writing early on and published her first poetry piece in a magazine at age 14. She grew up being educated and went to Liverpool University to attain her degree in Philosophy.

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Poetry Society’s National Poetry Competition (1983) for her poem ‘Whoever She was’

Her collection of poems titled ‘Standing Female Nude’ published in 1985 received the ‘Scottish Arts Council Award’

‘Selling Manhattan’ (1987) won the ‘Somerset Maugham Award’

‘Mean Time’ published in 1993 was awarded the ‘Whitbread Poetry Award’

‘Rapture’, her 2005 offering got the ‘T.S Elliot Prize’

‘Costa Poetry Award’ (2011)

‘Signal Poetry Award’ (1997)

‘CBE’ (2001)

‘Cholmondeley Award’ (1992)

‘Dylan Thomas Award’ (1989)

‘Eric Gregory Award’ (1984)

‘C. Day Lewis Fellowship’ (1982)

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She was raised in the Roman Catholic church growing up.