... Carol Ann Duffy, in Warming Her Pearls negotiates with these prejudices of traditional love poetry, striving to produce both a new image of women in poetry and a new voice in poetry for women. ... This is true in case of Warming Her Pearls because it attempts at role reversal. ... This is most visible particularly in, "Warming Her Pearls," Next to my own skin, her pearls. ... The theme of "Warming Her Pearls," seems non- traditional, but upon closer inspection of the poems subject matter, the reader realizes that in reality it is quite traditional. ...
The repetitive reference to pearls appears as the representation of the mistress. The pearls for her maid become symbolic of her mistress. Knowing the pearls are cooling even now/ In the room where my mistress sleeps all night/ I feel their absence and I burn, these lines express a sense of longing and desperation. ... Examining beyond the ornamental significance, the pearls -- scented, milky, warmed slowly with body heat -- become the dangerous, provocative object of relation between the two women, and the symbol of the anguish of unfulfilled longing. Thus, to an extent the wearing of pearls symbolizes consummation of her affection for her mistress. ... In Warming Her Pearls she skillfully uses dramatic monologue and handles traditional poetic form with versatility.
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