Afternoons Flashcards
1
Q
“summer is fading”
A
Moving into Autumn, things are dying, contrast to ‘To Autumn’
2
Q
“new recreation ground”
A
Park, new towns built, doesn’t give an idea of fun
3
Q
“hollows”
A
Empty and emotionless
4
Q
“Young mothers assemble at swing and sandpit”
A
Regular things, structured (links to the poem), routine - every afternoon
5
Q
“An estateful of washing”
A
Metaphor, all women have to go back to is washing, but men are skilled, social status
6
Q
“That are still courting places”
A
Still romantic, places haven’t changed, the times have
7
Q
“unripe acorns”
A
Metaphor for innocence, the children, not developed, haven’t experienced love and disappointment
8
Q
“something is pushing them to the side”
A
Children, no romance, change, feel unskilled, can’t name what it is
9
Q
Compare to?
A
Death of a Naturalist
