Next, Please Flashcards
What are the ships metaphors for?
For opportunities that we want for the future
How are the opportunities described as?
They are described as never being that good and they never happen
What is the only certainty in life?
Death
Where did Larkin spend most of his life?
He spent most of his life in port towns and cities - Belfast and Hull
What influence began to impact 1960s Britain?
The Americans dream
What is the structure?
AABB - quantrain (4 line structure)
1) “__ amada of promises we draw __”
- what does the word amada show? condition?
1) sparkling, near
- shows we want many things, human condition
2) “ yet still they leave us holding __ stalks”
- which word is an argument marker? what’s not going to arrive?
2) wretched
- yet, the wretched stalks (the opportunities)
3) “it never __”
- what 2 things never what?
3) anchors
- never happens and it’s never as good
4) “no sooner __ than it turns to __.”
- what does the end stop show? what’s certain?
4) present, past
- it shows the assured nature of idea, the only certainty is to move on to the next opportunity
5) “but we are __”
- what kind of statement is it? what is the word but?
5) wrong
- it’s a blunt, sharp statement, argument marker
