The Less Decieved Quotes Flashcards
“At last you __________ up the album.”
yielded
What is suggested through the word “yielded?”
it suggests that the speaker has almost been demanding to see the photo album of the young woman, with her feeling somehwat resistant.
“matt and _______, on the _______ black pages.”
glossy, thick
What is suggested about the woman’s past through the quote “matt and glossy on the thick, black pages?”
it is filled with experience and rich in detail- thick with possibility.
“too much _____________, too ______.”
confectionary, rich
“I choke on such ___________ images.”
nutritious
“my swivel eye __________ from pose to pose.”
hungers
What technique is used at the beginning of Lines On a Young Lady’s Photograph Album?
semantic field
What type of semantic field is used at the beginning of Lines On a Young Lady’s Photograph Album?
semantic field of food
What does the semantic field of food at the beginning of Lines On a Young Lady’s Photograph Album suggest?
the speaker almost wants to consume the photos. “confectionary,” suggests that the metaphorical consumption of thie photos is unneccessary but pleasurable.
Provide some of the quotes that link to the semantic field of food in Lines On a Young Lady’s Photograph Album.
“too much confectionary”
“I choke on such nutritious images”
“My swivel eye hungers”
“___________ chaps who loll.”
disquieting
What is suggesting about the speaker through the quote “disquieting chaps who loll?”
the speaker is seemingly jealous of seeing the women with other men, as he presents them as unserious.
“Not quite your _______.”
class
“____ o, photography!”
But
What technique is used in the quote “But o, photography?”
volta
What is the effect of the volta used in the quote “But o, photography?”
it shows how the speaker shifts to the merits and limitations of photography
“Faithful and ___________!”
disapppointing
“_________ and disappointing!”
Faithful
What does the speaker suggest about photography through the quote “Faithful and disappointing!”?
the speaker praises photography for being faithful, but also sees it as disappointing, as we are confronted with the imperfections of reality.
“this is a ____ girl in a ____ place.”
real
What technique is used in the quote “this is a real girl, in a real place?”
repetition
What is the effect of the repetition in the quote “this is a real girl, in a real place?”
the speaker emphasises the fact that the photo gives him a true depiction of the girl, blemishes and all. He sees this candour as giving her a sense of grace in a similar way to a flattering portrait.
“you Contract my ______ by looking out of _____.”
heart, date
What does the speaker suggest when he says “you Contract my heart by looking out of date.”
the speaker perhaps feels a sense of melancholy because the photograph’s represent a past that is “out of date” and irrecoverable.
“we ____,” “ to _____,” “our ______.” (Lines)
cry, cry, grief
What technique is used in the quotes “we cry,” “to cry,” “our grief?” (Lines)
semantic field of sorrow
What does the semantic field of sorrow in the quotes “we cry,” “to cry,” “our grief,” suggest about the past? (Lines)
the speaker presents the past as bringing pain and sadness, as the past is a time we cannot recapture or change.
“It holds you like a ________.” (Lines)
heaven
What technique is used in the quote “It holds you like a heaven?” (Lines)
simile
What is the impact of the simile used in the quote “It holds you like a heaven?” (Lines)
it suggests that the girls past is preserved forever, in a state of perfect, almost holy, purity.
In the title ‘Wedding Wind’ what technique is used? (Wedding Wind)
pathetic fallacy
What is the main technique used throughout ‘Wedding Wind’? (Wedding Wind)
extended metaphor
What is the extended metaphor in Wedding Wind perhaps used for? (Wedding Wind)
the wind can represent a change in identity
“The ______ blew all my wedding day.” (Wedding Wind)
wind
“a stable door was _________ and __________ again.” (Wedding Wind)
banging
What technique is used in the quote “a stable door was banging and banging again”? (Wedding Wind)
repetition/onomatopoeia
“my ________ night was the night of the high ______.” (Wedding Wind)
wedding, wind
What technique is used in the quote “my wedding night was the night of the high wind”? (Wedding Wind)
pathetic fallacy
What is suggested through the pathetic fallacy used in the quote “my wedding night was the night of the high wind”? (Wedding Wind)
the pathetic fallacy could emphasise the destroying of past identities through marriage.
“leaving me _______ in candlelight.” (Wedding Wind)
stupid
What is suggested through the speaker feeling “stupid in candlelight”? (Wedding Wind)
it suggests she feels awkward/uncomfortable in her role in marriage. Candles could also represent romance, which is a cliched expectation of a wedding night.
“Seeing my face in the __________ candlestick.” (Wedding Wind)
twisted
What is suggested about the woman’s identity in the quote “Seeing my face in the twisted candlestick”? (Wedding Wind)
her identity has become distorted now that she is married, she feels unrecognisable
“I was ___ that any man or beast that night should lack the ___________ I had.” (Wedding Wind)
sad, happiness
What does the speaker suggest through the quote “I was sad that any man or beast that night should lack the happiness I had”? (Wedding Wind)
the speaker acknowledges that the change is unfamiliar but exciting- the new face she wears, the illusion, the change makes her feel happy.
What is used in the poem to show a change in time? (Wedding Wind)
there is a gap before the line begins
What technique is used in the second stanza to suggest that the speaker has a more optimistic outlook? (Wedding Wind)
pathetic fallacy
“All’s ravelled under the ____.” (Wedding Wind)
sun
“my actions turn on, like a ______ carrying _______?” (Wedding Wind)
thread, beads
What technique is used in the quote “my actions turn on, like a thread carrying beads”? (Wedding Wind)
simile
What does the speaker suggest through the simile “my actions turn on, like a thread carrying beads”? (Wedding Wind)
to perhaps suggest that marriage is an intricate process which takes time, it is delicate but can become something beautiful
“now this __________ morning shares my ____?” (Wedding Wind)
perpetual, bed
What could the “perpetual morning,” represent? (Wedding Wind)
the ‘perpetual morning’ represents her new love and the beginning of her marriage - it is so intense she feels that it will be ‘perpetual’ (eternal)
“Can even ______ dry up, these new delighted _______?” (Wedding Wind)
death, lakes
Why might the speaker in Wedding Wind question whether ‘even death [will] dry up these new delighted lakes’? (Wedding Wind)
the ‘new delighted lakes’ are a metaphor for the vitality and joy of her new marriage. Her love seems so powerful she wonders if even ‘death’ could end it.
What technique is used in the quote “new delighted lakes”?
metaphor
“Our _________ as cattle, by all generous _______.”(Wedding Wind)
kneeling, waters
What technique is used in the final image of Wedding Wind - “our kneeling as cattle”? (Wedding Wind)
simile
What does the speaker suggest through their “kneeling as cattle by all generous waters”? (Wedding Wind)
“kneeling” suggests that there is an an almost holiness to their marriage in this final image of simple joy of nourishing themselves through “generous waters” in this idyllic scene.
“___, I have never found.” (Places, Loved Ones)
No
Why does the opening line of Places, Loved Ones begin with “No”?
it suggests that the speaker is bluntly rejecting the societal expectation of finding happiness through a person or place.
“This is my _______ ground, Here I shall _____.” (Places, Loved Ones)
proper, stay
Why is the quote “This is my proper ground, Here I shall stay,” written in italics? (Places, Loved Ones)
it is imitating the voice of society, with the language being pompous, to mock the generic ideas of finding happiness through a person or place.
“Who has an instant ________.” (Places, Loved Ones)
claim
What does the legal terminology “claim” suggest? (Places, Loved Ones)
the legal terminology suggests that relationships are actually a form of resistive contact and a mere transaction
“To find such seems to prove you want __ ________.” (Places, Loved Ones)
no choice
“You ask them to _____ you off _____________.” (Places, Loved Ones)
bear, irrevocably
Why does Larkin use multiple negators in Places, Loved Ones, e.g. ‘No, I have never found’/’Nor met that special one’/’You want no choice’ (Places, Loved Ones)
to convey how the speaker is entirely and forcefully rejecting the cliched expectations of society.
“____, having missed them.” (Places, Loved Ones)
Yet
What is the technique used in the quote “Yet, having missed them”? (Places, Loved Ones)
volta
What is the effect of the volta used in the quote “Yet, having missed them”? (Places, Loved Ones)
the speaker is reflecting- there is no clear resolution, which is typical of a Movement writer.
“You’re _______, none the less.” (Places, Loved Ones)
bound
In the final verse of Places, Loved Ones, why does the speaker say the speaker is ‘bound’?
to convey ideas of restriction, the speaker suggests that ‘having missed them’ - the person you hoped to meet and love - you are trapped by having to pretend you are happy with what you ‘settled for’.
“your ________, your _______.” (Places, Loved Ones)
person, place
What type of stanza is used in Places, Loved Ones?
octaves
What might the title of “Coming” be referring to?
the arrival of spring
“light, chill and _______.” (Coming)
yellow
“Bathes the serene ___________ of houses.” (Coming)
foreheads
What image does the quote “Bathes the serene foreheads of houses,” create? (Coming)
an image of baptism, purifying the landscape from the ravages of winter.
Why might the speaker have referred to spring coming over the houses? (Coming)
it is more realistic, bringing it to an urban environment. Are we decieved into thinking that nature has to be grand and found elsewhere?
“_________-surrounded.” (Coming)
Laurel
What is a laurel? (Coming)
a laurel is given to someone significant, which highlights the significance of this scene
“It will be ______ soon, It will be ______ soon.” (Coming)
spring
What technique is used in the quote “It will be spring soon, It will be spring soon”? (Coming)
repetition
Why might the speaker have repeated the quote “It will be spring soon, It will be spring soon”? (Coming)
it conveys the speakers excitement and anticipation of the coming spring. The monosyllables also conveys the simple beauty of this new season.
“feel like a ______.” (Coming)
child
What technique is used in the quote “feel like a child”? (Coming)
simile
Why does the speaker compare himself to feeling like a “child”? (Coming)
the speaker feels a sense of innocence and child-like wonder, as he feels the simplicity of life.
“The trumpet’s voice ____ and ____________.” (Reasons for Attendance)
loud, authoritative
What might the trumpet be a metaphor of? (Reasons for Attendance)
jazz
What is the metaphor for jazz a symbol of? (Reasons for Attendance)
societal expectations, suggesting that their behaviour is social conformity
“draws me a moment to the ________ glass.” (Reasons for Attendance)
lighted
What is the significance of the “lighted glass”? (Reasons for Attendance)
It is a berrier between the speaker and those who conform within society
“_________, on the beat of ___________.” (Reasons for Attendance)
Solemnly, happiness
What technique is used in the quote “Solemnly, on the beat of happiness”? (Reasons for Attendance)
antithesis
What does the speaker suggest through the antithesis used in “Solemnly, on the beat of happiness”? (Reasons for Attendance)
the speaker suggests there is a strange formality to their movement, implying their joy is regulated and controlled.
Why does the speaker use a list of questions- “Why be out here? But then, why be in there? Sex, yes, but what is sex?” (Reasons for Attendance)
he questions why he should go, stating that sex is a reason, but knows that it doesn’t being happiness.
“to think the _____ share of happiness is found by ________.” (Reasons for Attendance)
lion’s, couples
“sheer __________.” (Reasons for Attendance)
Innacuracy
What technique is used in the lines “sheer
Innaccuracy”? (Reasons for Attendance)
enjambment
What is the effect of the enjambment in the lines “sheer
Innaccuracy”? (Reasons for Attendance)
it suggests that the belief that being in a couple makes you hapy is a sheer belief.
”(____, if you like) whose __________ sound Insists I am too __________.” (Reasons for Attendance)
Art, individual
What does the speaker suggest about himself when he says “(Art, if you like) whose individual sound Insists I am too individual”? (Reasons for Attendance)
the only thing that calls him in his life is a feeling of individuality, which is connected to art (jazz)
“It speaks; I _____.” (Reasons for Attendance)
hear
“Therefor I stay _________.” (Reasons for Attendance)
outside
What does the speaker suggest about himself when he says “Therefor I stay outside”? (Reasons for Attendance)
the difference that exists between himself and the dancers, is that what makes them happy is not a part of him, thus he stays outside.
“they _____ to and fro.” (Reasons for Attendance)
maul
What does the speaker suggest through the quote “they maul to and fro”? (Reasons for Attendance)
he is suggesting that their desires are animalistic and primitive. They are undignified because they conform like animals who obey.
“If no one has _________ himself. Or ____.” (Reasons for Attendance)
misjudged, lied
What is the significance of the last line “If no one has misjudged himself. Or lied”? (Reasons for Attendance)
the speaker is perhaps suggesting that the dancers are lying to themselves about being happy and are decieved, or is the speaker lying to himself about individuality bringing him happiness, so that he is no better than the dancers and their illusory desires?
“Endlessly, time-honoured _________.”
irritant
What is used in the first line of Dry Point to imply that sexual desire is inescapable?
time-markers
(“Endlessly, time-honoured irritant”)
“A _______ is restively forming at your tip.”
bubble
“till we’re _________, and forced to start the _________ to get out.”
enclosed, struggle
What is suggested about sexual desire through the quotes “till we’re enclosed, and forced to start the struggle to get out.”?
it calls us out to be trapped/restricted
“________, intent, real.”
Bestial
What technique is used in the quote “Bestial, intent, real.”?
tricolon
What does the tricolon “Bestial, intent, real,” suggest?
it emphasises that sexual desire is ongoing, and “bestial” as it erodes a part of our humanity, making us primitive and less civilised.
“the bright, ______ walls collapse.”
blown
What is the technique used in the quote “the bright, blown walls collapse”?
alliterative metaphor/plosive alliteration
What is the effect of the alliterative metaphor “the bright, blown walls collapse”?
it represents the sexual release
“what ____ scapes.”
sad
“what _______ hills, what salted, ________ lakes.”
ashen, shrunken
What image is created through the quotes “sad scapes,” “what ashen hills,” “what salted, shrunken lakes”?
images of barren, lifeless landscapes represent the speakers feelings of emptiness/dissatisfaction after giving into his desire.
What quotes suggest that the speaker feels dissappointed after giving into his desire?
“sad scapes,” “what ashen hills,” “what salted, shrunken lakes”
“____________ magic.”
Birmingham
Why does the speaker refer to the city of Birmingham?
the city when it was famous for manufactering rings. the metaphor represents how sex devalues/contaminates the purity of marriage
“that padlocked cube of ________.”
light
What does the speaker suggest through the quote “that padlocked cube of light”?
it symbolises enlightenment and a state of purity, free from sexual desire, however, he feels he won’t achieve this state because it is padlocked and remote.
“Where _____, ___ dream, obtain no right of entry.”
you, we
What is the speaker addressing through the quote “Where _____, ___ dream, obtain no right of entry”?
the speaker addresses “you” which is desire itself. By seperating “you” from “we” Larkin potentially suggests that desire is not inherently part of us, and he may hope we can rid ourselves of it.
What might the title “Next, Please,” be referring to?
the next person to experience some form of disappointment, or the arrival of the next opportunity/hope
“Always too _______ for the future, we
Pick up bad ________ of expectancy.” (Next, Please)
eager, habits
What does the speaker suggest through the quote “Always too eager for the future, we Pick up bad habits of expectancy.”? (Next, Please)
it implies that society rely on the future to solve all problems, they disregard the present.