larkin + duffy AO4 Flashcards
2 similar poems on loneliness + rooms
‘Mr Bleaney’ - Larkin
‘Room’ - Duffy
2 similar poems on positive love/relationships
‘First Love’ - Duffy
‘Broadcast’ - Larkin
2 similar poems about negative love/realationships
‘Self’s the man’ - Larkin
‘Valentine’ - Duffy
Duffy poem that contrasts to a Larkin poem about existence
‘As Bad as a Mile’ - Larkin
‘Beachcomber’ - Duffy
2 similar poems about visiting home
‘Never go Back’ - Duffy
‘Home is So Sad’ - Larkin
2 similar poems on failing/toxic relationships
‘Talking in Bed’ - Larkin
‘Close’ - Duffy
2 contrasting poems about portrayal of parents
‘Before You Were Mine’ - Duffy
‘Reference Back’ - Larkin
2 similar poems on the portrayal of religion
‘Confession’ - Duffy
‘Faith Healing’
2 disturbing Duffy poems
‘Havisham’
‘Stuffed’
2 similarly crude poems
‘Stuffed’ - Duffy
‘Sunny Presatyn’ - Larkin
2 contrasting poems about love/relationships
‘Self’s the Man’ - Larkin
‘First Love’ - Duffy
2 similar poems on philosophy/religion
‘The Grammar of Light’ - Duffy
‘Water’ - Larkin
2 similar poems on love in the passage of time
‘Arundel Tombs’ - Larkin
‘Mean Time’ - Duffy
What did Randolph say about Larkin + Duffy?
Duffy has an optimistic side that Larkin did not, most visible in many of her love poems
