Born Yesterday

Question 1

Title

Answer 1

AO3) For Sally Amis - Daughter of Kingsley Amis - Larkin’s fellow movement writer friend.

Sets out tone as less cliche and more pragmatic when exploring ideas of societal expectations.

Literally ) Child born yesterday - foolish and naïve - foolish to follow superficial needs and expectations

Question 2

Tightly folded bud

Answer 2

Comfortable
Well rested
Protected

• naïve to the burdens future life will present,

Bud - flower - not grown/out of her shell - metaphor

Question 3

usual stuff

Answer 3

Reductive.

Speakers dividing himself, setting him away from typical society.

stuff - vague language - unimportance of societal expectations

Question 4

being beautiful

Answer 4

plosive alliteration

Question 5

of innocence and love

Answer 5

Physical separation between expectations of society and his judging tone, afterwards. Condescending done

Basic expectations of women

Question 6

should

Answer 6

modal axillary verb

Question 7

well,

Answer 7

scepticism.
unrealistic expectations from society

caesura - infers hesitation

Question 8

lucky girl

Answer 8

doubt

Question 9

but

Answer 9

volta

Question 10

you be ordinary

Answer 10

suggesting you can be content with being mediocre

by perusing expectations, you may lose sight of who you are

Question 10

may

Answer 10

verb - more gentle - giving permission - less forceful tone

diff from society’s harsh tone

suggests society and its voice expect women to, unrealistically, be perfect and unattainable

Question 11

like other women

Answer 11

being average is completely fine

Question 12

not, not, nothing

Answer 12

negators.

not being bound to societal expectations is what makes you happy.

perhaps our happiness can be found in what we dont have, not what we possess. freedom from society and its expectations

Question 13

dull

Answer 13

society is deceived-

Question 14

-

Answer 14

parenthesis

not being materialistic.
contemporary - negative

larkin - positive, keep to urself, focus on urself,

your intellectual knowledge instead of beauty

emphasises list of remarkable features women should have

Question 15

skilled, vigilant, flexible

Answer 15

asyndetic listing

skilled - wants this kind of woman to be hardworking

flexible - open mindset

says happiness is found in the asyndetic list features, in the resolution.

to be happy is to live free from expectations.

what a woman should acc be - inspirational and motivational