Afternoons By Phillip Larkins Flashcards
(9 cards)
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Afternoons quote 1
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‘Summer is fading’ - relationship has peaked and is now declining
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Afternoons quote 2
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‘Hollows of the afternoons’ - daily routines are meaningless
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Afternoons quote 3
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‘Setting free their children’ - children are trapped in the miserable relationship
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Afternoons quote 4
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‘An estate full of washing’ - mothers are chained to a boring life
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Afternoons quote 5
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‘Our Wedding lying near the television’ - symbol of their love isn’t respected
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Afternoons quote 6
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‘Their beauty has thickened’ - physically and thick skinned
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Afternoons context
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- modern 20th century poem
- parent’s marriage was unfulfilled
- he had many failed relationships
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Afternoons structure
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- lack of rhyme in enjambment and caesura show lack of harmony
- regular 3 stanza structure shows mundanity of life
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Afternoons personal response
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- makes me think of my future relationships
- question Larkins biased view
