DRY POINT Flashcards
(15 cards)
what is the rhyme scheme in dry point and why
no rhyme scheme - this is unusual for the movement which prioritised control and trad rhyme schemes
shows the speaker’s lack of control over his desires
endlessly, a time honoured irritant.
adverb emph the constant pressure and demands of the sexual desires
oxymoron reflects the positive social views towards sexual desires in comparison to the speaker’s disillusionment and annoyance - caesura emph his dismissal
a bubble is restively forming at your tip.
sexual desires growing - uncontrollable - bubble metaphor
Burst it as fast as we can-
sibilance emph the eagerness and excitement to fulfill the sexual desires
it will grow again until we begin dying.
endless and inescapable nature of desire - speaker will never be free until death = hyperbolic and emph his lack of freedom
silently, it inflates, till we’re enclosed
continued metaphor of bubble - sexual desires as entrapping and silently sneaks up - speaker cannot control it
beastial, intent, real.
tricolon reflects how speaker views sexual desires as being animalistic and primal - uncivilised and disgust towards them
link across collection to reasons for attendance - maul to and fro
the wet spark comes, the bright blown walls collapse,
euphemism for sex and the aggressive plosions shows the damage of the desires and overwhelming disappointment
what ashen hills! what salted, shrunken lakes!
exclamatory and imagery of the decaying natural world + vitality shows sexual desires to be unfulfilling
but what sad scapes we cannot turn from them
soft volta introduces sexual desires as being unfulfilling
How the leaden ring looks/ Birmingham magic all discredited.
links marriage with sexual desires - critiques people who marry just to have sex & romanticised image
ref to Birmingham = known for creating engagement rings and jewellery
and how remote that bare and sunscrubbed room
light imagery reflects speaker’s desire for a state/life where he is innocent and pure
intensely far, that padlocked cube of light
speaker’s desire to be free of sexual desire = unobtainable
- locked out to him
where you, we dream, obtain no right of entry
paranthesis emph the speaker’s deception on believing he can be free of sexual desires - presented as a fantasy
AO3 dry point
larkin’s disillusionment towards sex - describes it as having someone blow your own nose
