critical perspectives d+l

Question 1

what did one critic say about relationships? (duffy)

Answer 1

for duffy relationships seem to be exclusively about pain rather than pleasure

Question 2

what did dowson say about the human experience (duffy)

Answer 2

duffy presents the full range of human experience

Question 3

what dowson say about outsiderness (duffy)

Answer 3

for duffy outsidedness is everywhere

Question 4

what does one critic say about longing and comfort? (duffy)

Answer 4

(duffy) not longing for one physical place but the desire to return to that existential state of comfort she describes

Question 5

what does greenlaw say about dislocation?

Answer 5

the poet (duffy) of dislocation (social, sexual, psychological, linguistic, political)

Question 6

what does carol ann duffy say about cliches?

Answer 6

put little spotlights on phrases (like cliches) to show how they look like plastic roses but have roots underneath

Question 7

what does dowson say about love loss and yearning? (duffy)

Answer 7

(duffy) attempts to put into words the knotty states of love losss and yearning

Question 8

what does edwards say about loneliness scepticism and regret? (larkin)

Answer 8

(larkin) synonymous with loneliness scepticism and regret

Question 9

what does lachlan mackinnon say about church? (larkin)

Answer 9

larkin is disbelieving but nostalgic for the church

Question 10

what does nicholas marsh say about dreaming? (larkin)

Answer 10

larkin insists on the human need to dream

Question 11

what does roddy lumsden say about pessimism and happiness?

Answer 11

his (larkin) pessimism was always tempered by strong awareness of the continuity of human happiness

Question 12

what does roddy lumsden about optimism?

Answer 12

(larkin) reluctant optimism

Question 13

what does roddy lumsden say about small lives?

Answer 13

(larkin) a gloomy celebration. of small lives brought into color with fine details and shot through with big emotions

Question 14

what is said about larkins melancholy?

Answer 14

larkins habitual melancholy is often rooted in anger

Question 15

what does duffy say about herself

Answer 15

deals with facts not emotion

Question 16

what is said about time (duffy)

Answer 16

time is inevitably cruel and it takes thing away from us

Question 17

what is said about duffys personas

Answer 17

duffys personas open a window on their souls

Question 18

what is said about duffy and dramatic monologue

Answer 18

the dramatic monologue became a duffy trademark

Question 19

what is said about irony in duffys poetry

Answer 19

subtle shades of irony and self-knowing

Question 20

what is said about larkins work and why is it so rich

Answer 20

the fact that larkins work offers nuanced meaning is what makes it so rich

Question 21

what is said about larkin and Yeats

Answer 21

longing for yeats to have been right that union with the infinite was possible

Question 22

what is said about solitude and separation in larkins poetry

Answer 22

solitude and separation are common features

Question 23

what is said about failure and remorse in larkins poetry

Answer 23

clipped lucid stanzas about the failures and remorse of age about stunted lives and spoiled desires

Question 24

what is said about duffys poetry being for people who resent society

Answer 24

duffys verses are written in the voice of the poeple who harbour resentments and grudges against the world

Question 25

what kind of relationships are duffys poems about

Answer 25

budding and broken

Question 26

what is said haunts duffys verse

Answer 26

failure lonliness and isolation haunt her verse

Question 27

what does duffy say about prayer and poem

Answer 27

poetry and prayer are very similar

Question 28

what does duffy say about nostalgia

Answer 28

nostalgia is about both kinds of exile - from our homes and our lives

Question 29

what is said about what duffy longs for

Answer 29

not longing for one physical place but the desire to return tp that existential sense of comfort she describes

Question 30

what is said about the lack of complete calm success in love of larkins work

Answer 30

none of larkins poems register the achievement of complete calm success in love

Question 31

what is larkins poetry said to be a pursuit of

Answer 31

larkins poetry is a pursuit of difference

Question 32

how does larkin present himself

Answer 32

larkin presents himself as a sceptical, less-decieved observer of contemporary life

Question 33

what does larkins poetry reflect in terms of religious faith

Answer 33

the spiritual desolation of a world in which men have shed the last rags of religious faith that once lent meaning to human lives

Question 34

what is said about larkins poetry being realistic not glamourous

Answer 34

reality is emphasized at all costs and a thoughtful effort made to eliminate all glamour from situations and people