Afternoons Flashcards
1
Q
Beginning quote 1
A
“Summer is fading”
2
Q
Beginning quote 2
A
“In the hollows of afternoons”
3
Q
Technique used at the beginning at the end of stanza 1?
A
Sibilance:
“assemble” , “swing” , “sandpit”
“Setting free their children”
4
Q
Middle quote 1
A
“Our Wedding, lying / Near the television”
5
Q
Lack of individuality stanza 2
A
“Behind them” , “Before them”
6
Q
End quote 1
A
“That are still courting-places”
7
Q
End quote 2
A
“Their beauty has thickened”
8
Q
Who wrote the poem?
A
Philip Larkin
9
Q
Context of Afternoons?
A
- Explores the role of women after WW2, women did housework whilst men went to work.
- Poor housing standards which the gov tried to fix.
- Larkin never married or had children himself.
10
Q
Structure
A
Three stanzas - past, present future
