stanza 5

• 'when the law would change.' matriarchal prehistoric religion

  • suffering part f experience 'royal red' worthiness depending fertility and 'moon' purpose/magical/monthly yet stimatised adjective 'insignificant' yet treated diff after middle age colon : shift = verb tears but Duffy uses metephorical association to vunrability 'salt pearls' and worth'bright jewls' but imagery evoking bodily fluid to symbols beauty: A03: liz wore pearls portraits beauty/power