If, My Darling, Places, Loved Ones and Church Going Flashcards
La
‘But to jump, like ________, with floating skirt into my head’ (If, My Darling)
Alice
‘Monkey-__________, fish-__________’ (If, My Darling)
brown/grey
Each one _________ - ___________ with meaning and meaning’s rebuttal’ (If, My Darling)
double-yolked
‘unpicks the world like a _________’ (If, My Darling)
knot
‘Might knock my darling off her ______________ pivot’ (If, My Darling)
unpriceable
If, My Darling is structured as _____________
tercets
‘__________, I have never found’ (Places, Loved Ones)
No
What is the correct term for the 8-line stanzas, like those used in Places, Loved Ones?
octaves
‘you’re __________ none the less, to act’ (Places, Loved Ones)
bound
Places, Loved Ones was written just as Larkin was moving from Belfast to ___________?
Hull
‘Once I am sure there’s nothing _________ / __________’ (Church Going)
going on
sprawlings of flowers, cut // For Sunday, ___________ now; (Church Going)
brownish
‘some brass and _________’ (Church Going)
stuff
In Church Going, what worthless currency does the speaker donate to the church?
‘An Irish sixpence’
‘__________ what to look for; _______________, too…’ (Church Going)
wondering
In the penultimate stanza of Church Going, the narrator describes the church as a ‘special ____________’
shell
What adjective is repeated in the final stanza of Church Going to describe the church and its role in society?
serious.
Which word is used in the final stanza of Church Going to convey how the church will always have an unexplainable power to attract people?
‘gravitating’
What did Larkin’s father tell him about religion?
‘Never believe in God!’
How did Larkin refer to religion?
‘absolute balls’
