Afternoons Flashcards
C. When was it written
C. What does it celebrate
Ordinary details of day to day life
C. What did Larkin never do
Married, have children, left uk
T. What does it suggest about age
Not old but not new
T. What does the pluralisation suggest
Everyday is the same and repetitive
T. What is the title
Temporal method
Ov. What have the women’s lives been altered by
There role of motherhood
Ov. What scene is described
Children playing while mothers stand by
Ov. What scene is described
Children playing while there mothers stand by
Ov. What are the mother now not in control off
Their own lives
Org. Why are the stanzas all the same lengths
To reflect how their lives are repetitive
L. “Summer is fading”
Suggest their life is no longer their own
L.”hollow”
Women’s lives are empty
L. “ young mothers assemble”
Women are restricted by gender stereotypes
L. “Husbands in skilled trades”
Mocking tone motherhood requires no skill
L. “Our wedding, lying near the television”
Caesura life is over at wedding day
Life is now mundane
L.” Courting places”
Enjambment life’s are different but equally monotonous
L. “Their beauty has thickened”
Critical attack on body
Misogynistic tone
Motherhood is not attractive
L.” Pushing them to the sides of their own lives”
Dynamic verb forceful tone
Motherhood loss of identity and freedom
