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It could be said that Rose "Ruby and Her Whorses" Goddard, one of the youngest performers at this year's festival at the tender age of 15, deserves all these titles.

Her performance name, a cheeky play on a true-life Suffolk tale set against the hardships of the agricultural depression, provides an insight into her style of writing.

Rose has been performing since 2005 along with James her guitar, the honorary whorse.

Rose on stage at Latitude

She took to the Latitude poetry stage for a number of sets across the weekend.

Despite only having performed a small number of gigs, her honest lyrics and resistance to categorisation have got her noticed by poets and musicians alike.

"I put all my songs on Myspace in September last year and got in touch with Luke Wright who is a performance poet from Norwich," explained Rose.

"He got me a gig in Colchester and said to me to come and perform at Latitude.

"I used to write songs about other people and they would be pretty awful because they would be about things I didn't know much about.

"I basically just focus on things I understand and concentrate on the lyrics."

Rose also produces a number of pieces of art

Rose is the first person to admit to her somewhat lacking guitar skills, and the fact that her lyrics, though interesting, focus on a relatively narrow set of personal experiences, though she takes on board many different influences which extend beyond her years.

"I was listening to Radio 4 this morning, Woman's Hour at the festival and I listen to Fleetwood Mac and all that sort of stuff, my mum got me into it really.

"Because of the atrocious bus system I can't get out as much as I'd like so Suffolk is one thing I can actually write about.

"I use my anger towards certain things and especially if you're doing local gigs everyone is like 'yeah Suffolk'.

"I love it really but I'd ultimately like to explore more and build on things to write about."

Rose is keen people don't focus on her age as a factor in her performance and look more at the way her set allows her to interact with the crowd and give them something to laugh about.

Ruby and her whorses disc

"The first proper song I wrote was the Agricultureculture and it follows the life of a girl called Julie.

"It's about Suffolk and Ipswich and what it would be like to be in her situation.

"It's sort of what I imagine my life to be like in about ten years and it was quite easy to write because it was the first song I wrote so I could just pull everything into it.

"I have two different styles to my set, I have the very sort of Kate Nash-style songs that I do and there is also the more emotional and tuneful stuff that I do.

"Because they're quite funny songs I really like to get the audience involved and laughing otherwise it feels a bit dead.

Rose at the Latitude Festival

"I like getting to know the audience and connecting with them and it's fun really."

Rose's image and performance style often see her linked with Kate Nash, a similarity which, although it doesn't annoy her greatly, is one she is keen to leave behind.

She's looking forward to establishing herself further as a performer and making the most of the contacts she has built up at Latitude.

"I'd really love to get some more gigs and see what happens and maybe to have the chance to gig with some of the amazing people I've met here.

"I met Dockers MC this morning and I've been following her career on Myspace for ages.

"The chance to do bigger things would be great and to get to know some of the people I'm performing alongside.

Although Rose does refer to her pieces as songs and not poems in the traditional sense she was happy to be performing in the Poetry Arena.

"If I had the choice I'd rather be in the Poetry Arena than on one of the stages.

"You have to connect more and listen to the lyrics rather than just jump around to the music.

"People are really in the mood to listen here.

"Their ears are different and they're tuned into a different space which I'm really pleased about."

Rose will be continuing to perform both around the county and the country throughout the summer and will be using her stint at Latitude as a platform for building new material.