DECEPTIONS Flashcards
(12 cards)
what does larkin use at the beginning of deceptions and why?
epigraph- introduces the vice that enables the speaker to discuss the trauma of the woman
speaker’s detached reflection of events
use of historical sources means he becomes distanced from suffering initially
analyse even so distant, I can taste the grief/…he made you gulp
visceral imagery emph the extent of her suffering - transcends over time + speaker’s sympathy
synaesthesia + monosyllables shows how the woman’s suffering becomes palpable and the speaker aligns himself = sympathy
onomatopeia gulp - reflects the victim’s nervousness and anxiety = unable to fully accept and comprehend what has happened to her + endstop reflects the end of her power and innocence and change in past/present time
analyse the sun’s occasional print
she exists in the shadow’s of the event that haunts her- had branded her and lack of hope
has a changed perception on reality
analyse the brisk brief/ worry of wheels along the streets
jxtp in setting between victim and the world around her
her slowed/drugged movements= emph her suffering through allieration VS society who continues as normal and ignorant to her suffering
analyse where bridal london bows the other way
personification reveals how she has been shunned from society + happiness of marriage after her loss of innocence (social implications) - further isolates her
and light unanswerable and tall and wide/ forbids the scar to heal
asyndethic listing emph the loss of hope and personified version of her trauma which poses an obstacle to her healing - immovable
analyse forbids/ drives
verbs associated with the agency of light reflects the woman’s inability to overcome her suffering - constant - jxtp between settings
analyse all the unhurried day
use of prefix reflects how time slows down the longevity of her suffering- continuous cycle + no longer excited for anything = lacks purpose
analyse your mind lay open like a drawer of knives
victim as being exposed + vulnerable mental state= always fixated on the trauma of event + continued paranoia
analyse slums, years have buried you, I would not dare/console you if i could
speaker acknowledges the prolonged nature of her suffering - inevitable
listing emph how the trauma still weighs down on her + burdensome = time has not healed and she has only become more forgotten and isolated
analyse desire take charge, readings will grow erratic?
speaker moves onto becoming self reflective of the perpertrator- appears uncontrolled and misguided by his desires + foolish
almost excuses/ expresses understanding of POV
intertextual reference to Hamlet- idea of shared suffering
analyse stumbling up the breathless stair, to burst into fulfillment’s desolate attic
presents the perpetrator as being the deceived one- doesn’t understand that the reality of his actions are fruitless and instead selfish VS woman who is aware
antithesis and hypallage emph the unfulfillment from his actions +anticlimatic nature
