absence /

Question 1

who wrote ‘absence’ and in what date?

Answer 1

Elizabeth Jennings, in 1958

Question 2

can you give some context of the poet and poem?

Answer 2

poet is reminiscing on a loos and thinking about how much her life has changed since she was last at that place. Jennings became part of a group of poets known as ‘the movement’.

Question 3

can you give some quotes?

Answer 3

I visited the place where we last met// nothing was changed, the gardens were well-tended// it was because the place was just the same// that made your absence seem a savage force// an earthquake tremor// were shaken by my thinking of your name.//

Question 4

what is the structure of the poem?

Answer 4

3 stanzas, 5 lines each, ABABA rhyme scheme, 10/11 syllables in each line.