Afternoons Quotes Flashcards
1
Q
Who is it by and why is the title important?
A
‘Afternoons’ by Philip Larkin describes a mother taking its child to the park and uses nature to describe the mother maturing.
The title is important as it is a very ordinary thing and the use of -s shows this happens nearly every afternoon and is very repetitive.
2
Q
Quote 1
A
Summer is fading:
The leaves fall in ones and twos
3
Q
Quote 2
A
Young mothers assemble
At swing and sandpit
4
Q
Quote 3
A
Behind them, at intervals
Stand husbands in skilled trades,
5
Q
Quote 4
A
Before them, the wind
Is ruining their courting-place
6
Q
Quote 5
A
Their beauty has thickened.
Something is pushing them
To the side of their own lives.
