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Larkin Poems Features Flashcards

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What is the structure of Wires?

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2 quatrains

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What is the rhyme scheme of Wires?

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pallindrome/envelope

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what is the rhyme scheme of Next, Please?

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  • rhyming couplets
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what is the rhyme scheme of Places, Loved Ones?

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AB

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what is the tone of Places, Loved Ones?

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cynical and defensive, suggesting superiority over the reader. becomes semi-mournful towards the end.

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6
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what is the structure/rhyme scheme of Coming?

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free verse

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what is the rhythm/metre used in Coming?

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falling rhythm

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what is the rhyme scheme of Going?

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it doesn’t have one

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what is the structure of Going?

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3 end-stopped tercets and 1 single line stanza

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10
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what is the structure of Born Yesterday?

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free verse

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what is the rhyme scheme of Born Yesterday?

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half rhymes - ends on 2 full rhymes

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what is the structure of Wants?

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  • 2 quintets
  • structural parallelism
  • repetition of first line of each stanza at end of each stanza
  • anaphora
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13
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what is the metre of Wants?

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sluggish iambic pentameter in the 2 refrains and heavy mid-line pauses (caesuras),

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14
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what is the rhyme scheme of Maiden Name?

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ABBACCA

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15
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what is the rhyme scheme of Toads?

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almost ABAB rhyme scheme

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16
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what is the rhyme scheme of Poetry of Departures?

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ABCBADCD

17
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what is the structure of Poetry of Departures?

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4 octets

18
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what is the metre of Poetry of Departures?

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rough accentual meter

19
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what is the metre of Church Going?

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typical line is iambic pentameter

20
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what is the rhyme scheme of Church Going?

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ABABCADCD with many half-rhymes

21
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what is the structure of Church Going?

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seven, 9-line stanzas

22
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what is the rhyme scheme of I Remember, I Remember?

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ABCCBAABCD

23
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what is the structure of I Remember, I Remember?

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seven 5-line stanzas and one tail-line

24
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what is the rhyme scheme of At Grass?

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ABCABC

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