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The "Scottish Poetry Library" starts off that Duffy was born on December 23rd, 1955 in the Gorbals (Glasgow) in Scotland. Her parents were May Duffy and Frank Duffy.

She had 4 brothers, and when she was six, they all moved to Stafford, England where her father had a job that managed the Stafford Rangers Football Club. There, she attended a Roman Catholic primary and middle schools, then attended Stafford Girls' High.

While in high school she was influenced by two of her English teachers that encouraged her passion for reading and writing ("Scottish Poetry Library").

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As highlighted in the "Scottish Poetry Library," in her younger adult life, Duffy attended the University of Liverpool and later on graduated with a degree in Philosophy in 1977. During her time in college, she had already published 3 poetry collections. They are:

1) Fleshweathercock and Other Poems (1974)

2) Beauty and the Beast (1977)

3) Fifth Last Song (1982)

A few other sets of poetry/poems written throughout her adult life are Standing Female Nude (1985), Selling Manhatten (1987), The Other Country (1990), and many more.

Later on, she became a lecturer in poetry at the Manchester Metropolitan University in 1996. She married writer Jackie Kay, and had a daughter named Ella. Soon after, she became creative director at the Manchester Metropolitan University writing school ("Scottish Poetry Library").

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According to "Brittanica," Some notable accolades and awards that she received are:

Scottish Arts Council Award

Whitbread Book Award for poetry

T.S Eliot Prize

Somerset Maugham Award

Dame Commander of the British Empire

("Brittanica")

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According to "British Poetry Council," Duffy had many themes that consistently showed up throughout all her poems. Some notable themes and topics she implied are:

Language and the representation of reality

Construction of self

Gender issues

Contemporary culture

Different forms of alienation

Oppression and social inequality

Mischevious/Playful tone and styles

("British Poetry Council")

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"Poem Analysis" highlights a literary movement Duffy has expressed through her poems is the gender issues movement. She has expressed this through her poem Standing Female Nude. The poems contradicts the traditional beliefs of how a woman is displayed and viewed upon, to the way she sees herself as a woman. ("Poem Analysis").