Afternoons Flashcards
1
Q
Summer is ….
A
Fading
2
Q
Our … lying near the ….
A
Wedding
Television
3
Q
Pushing them to the …. Of their …. ….
A
Side
Own
Lives
4
Q
What is the structure of afternoons?
A
Three equal stanzas - octets
Rigid structure
5
Q
What language is used in afternoons?
A
Domestic imagery
Critical voice
Malopropic
Natural imagery
Generalisations
6
Q
When was afternoons published?
A
1964
7
Q
What is the context behind afternoons?
A
He was a cynical poet
He never got married
Lived with his mum, once she died he stayed
Lived in a top flat in hull
8
Q
What is afternoons about?
A
How domesticity leads to wasted potential
Crisitism of social constructs - trapped in a perpetual cycle
