Afternoons Flashcards
1
Q
poet
A
Philip Larkin
2
Q
date
A
1959
3
Q
3 quotes
A
- in the hollows of the afternoons young mothers assemble at swing and sandpit setting free their children
- and the albums, lettered Our Wedding, lying near the television; before them, the wind is ruining their courting-places
- their beauty has thickened. something is pushing them to the side of their own lives
4
Q
context
A
- post-war poet that was a foremost member of the Movement who wrote with irony and honesty about society shadowed by ww1
- lived overlooking a park and playground and he never left the UK
- most of his works were very pessimistic
- he never married or had children
