Going Flashcards
Originally Titled what?
Dying Day
Changed title deliberately.
Larkin is 23 at this time
Preoccupied with death - written when cold war just ended.
‘one never seen before’
only once in a lifetime evening
‘that lights no lamps’
metaphor - dark portrayal of death - approaching death
AO3 - Larkin NOT religious, finality: nothing after death.
‘silken’
luxurious
soft
smooth
lightweight
contextual links to Wants
-> At young he possibly desired it, almost now comforting as it is far away.
Tercet?
Regularity of the cycle - death
‘It brings no comfort’
Youthful perspective, death is seeming far, and not a bog deal
When closer, more of a burden, scary, believed end of everything as Larkin doesnt believe in afterlife.
‘where has the tree gone?’
Tree - life
No tree - no life
Questioning his own morality
Fear of unknown, reaches philosophical questioning
Earth to sky?
That I cannot feel?
What loads my hands down?
Questioning himself
Panic
Confusion
Deception - religion?
