North West Flashcards
1
Q
What is it about?
A
Duffy’s reflection on her life in Liverpool and where she studied and where had a long friendship with the poet, Adrian Henry.
2
Q
‘The city drifts out of reach’
A
- Wanting to experience the past again - cant happen
- Unreachable
3
Q
‘A grave of our ruined loves, unborn children, ghosts’
A
- Misses Adrian Henri - love didn’t last
- Divorce led to missed opportunities
4
Q
‘We look back at the skyline wondering what we lost in the hidden streets, in the rented rooms, no more than punters now in tourist boom’
A
- Realistic, unique to them, past - on a street, in a room
- An experience that was lost
5
Q
Links to Streetcar
A
- Blanche has to come to terms with the death of Allan
- Blanche brings up what life used to be as a Southern Belle with Stella
6
Q
Context
A
- Duffy is writing about her nostalgia of being in Liverpool and what her life could have been like with Adrian Henri.
- Allusion to the Beetles to emphasise the feeling of nostalgia
