Critics

Question 1

Duffy shares Larkin’s _____ views of life… loneliness haunts her _____ - Randolph

Answer 1

Duffy shares Larkin’s tragic views of life… loneliness haunts her verse - Randolph

Question 2

‘she has an __________ side that Larkin did not” - Randolph

Answer 2

‘She has an optimistic side that Larkin did not’ - Randolph

Question 3

‘She [Duffy] examines ____ in many forms’ - O’Riordan

Answer 3

‘She [Duffy] examines love in many forms’ - O’Riordan

Question 4

‘I’m not dealing with ____, I’m dealing with ______’ - Carol Ann Duffy

Answer 4

‘I’m not dealing with fact, I’m dealing with emotion’ - Carol Ann Duffy

Question 5

‘Duffy is, in many ways, Larkin’s _________’ - Forbes

Answer 5

‘Duffy is, in many ways, Larkin’s antithesis’ - Forbes

Question 6

‘Exploration of the deepest recesses of human emotion, both _____ and _____’ - O’Riordan

Answer 6

‘Exploration of the deepest recesses of human emotion, both joy and pain’ - O’Riordan

Question 7

‘Like her _____, Duffy is disarmingly direct, ____ and a little bit fierce’ - Allardice

Answer 7

‘Like her poetry, Duffy is disarmingly direct, warm and a little bit fierce’ - Allardice

Question 8

‘He writes like something almost being ___… it is a study of ___-___’ - Ricks

Answer 8

‘He writes like something almost being said… it is a study of self-pity’ - Ricks

Question 9

‘He is an ________ of misanthropy and _______’ - Appleyard

Answer 9

‘He is an advocate of misanthropy and pessimism’ - Appleyard

Question 10

‘Larkin is a _______ and inflexible ______’ - Appleyard

Answer 10

‘Larkin is a hopeless and inflexible pessimist’ - Appleyard

Question 11

‘His fear of ________ is harrowing’ - Booth

Answer 11

‘His fear of extinction is harrowing’ - Booth

Question 12

‘Is pre-eminently a poet of ___________ and ____’ - Punter

Answer 12

‘Is pre-eminently a poet of loneliness and lost’ - Punter

Question 13

‘His ______ was driven by his failure in both _____ and life’ - Swarbrick

Answer 13

‘His writing was driven by his failure in both writing and life’ - Swarbrick

Question 14

‘Larkin had no _______’ - Amis

Answer 14

‘Larkin had no emotions’ - Amis

Question 15

‘In Larkin’s view, in a self-deluded world, ____ is the greatest ______ of them all’ - Golding

Answer 15

‘In Larkin’s view, in a self-deluded world, love is the greatest illusion of them all’ - Golding

Question 16

‘Blake never tried to fit into the world, simply, _________ and completely he was a _____’ - J Bronowski

Answer 16

‘Blake never tried to fit into the world, simply, innocently and completely he was a rebel’ - J Bronowski

Question 17

‘_______ is active in children’s oppression because it makes them promises about the afterlife rather then dealing with _______ on Earth’ - Norton

Answer 17

‘Religion is active in children’s oppression because it makes them promises about the afterlife rather than dealing with injustice on Earth’ - Norton

Question 18

‘Blake was on the side of ___ against authority’ - Evans

Answer 18

‘Blake was on the side of man against authority’ - Evans

Question 19

‘He believed sex and ______ were _______’ - Wilson

Answer 19

‘He believed sex and religion were inseparable’ - Wilson

Question 20

‘I must create a ______ or be _______ by another mans’ - Blake

Answer 20

‘I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans’ - Blake

Question 21

‘Blake had a fundamental ______ for ____ life’ - DW Harding

Answer 21

‘Blake had a fundamental concern for human life’ - DW Harding