reasons for attendance Flashcards
trumpets voice loud and authoritative
personification - powerful and domineering - music as a higher power
speaker briefly pulled in and mesmerised by music - speaks to him
lighted glass
physical divide between him and the rest of society
seeking new truth
awakening of speakers own curiosity
shifting intently
forced/staged actions
solemnly on the beat of happinesses
antithesis - structured ideas of pleasure/fun/enjoyment
lacking individuality
sensing the smoke and sweat
sibilance - desire for sex highlighted by the intensity of the setting
why be out here
questions his own actions
lions share
rejects societal expectation of finding love
relationships do not ensure happiness
sheer/inaccuracy
stanza break - enjambment - represents breaking away from society
consistent idea of rejection
It speaks;I hear
link to trumpets voice - music control of him. Profound relationship thag gives him a personal form of fulfillment
not for nor i for them
separation once again
mail to and fro
primitive and undignified- speaker is judging them
almost animalistic
no one had misjudged himself. Or lied
endstoo gives emphasis to the final two words. Questions society and himself - are his views ultimately honest
Context
mvmt writer - no clear resolution
jazz writer for the dailytelegraph
one week without poetry but not without jazz
Context
mvmt writer - no clear resolution
jazz writer for the dailytelegraph
one week without poetry but not without jazz
