Larkin-Nothing To Be Said Flashcards
1
Q
What is it about?
A
Death
2
Q
Literary devices
A
Repetition-emphasises death in each stanza and repeats the word ‘nothing’ in the last stanza to suggest the emptiness of life.
Enjambment between stanzas 2-3, drags out ending.
Listing-elongates everything, almost too long, like life when living it, it’s inevitable that we will die.
3
Q
Links
A
Mr Bleaney-death, pointlessness, bleak life which ended in death.
