Themes Flashcards
Religion
Duffy:
• confession
• prayer
Larkin:
• faith healing
• water
Death
Duffy:
• never go back
• disgrace
Larkin’s:
• nothing to be said
• MCMXIV
Optimism v Pessimism
Duffy
• Moments of Grace
• mean time
Larkin
• nothing to be said
• Arundel Tomb
The ordinary
Duffy:
- prayer
- stafford afternoons
Larkin:
- Here
- The Large Cool Store
Time
Duffy
- The Captain of the 1964 Top of the Form Team
- Never Go Back
Larkin
- Dockery and Son
- Send No Money
Love, Sex and Relationships
Duffy:
Valentine
Close
Larkin:
Talking in bed
Wild Oats
Loneliness/Isolation
Duffy
Havisham
Room
Larkin
Importance of Elsewhere
Mr Bleaney
Loss and Regret
Duffy
The Captain of the 1964 Top of the Form Team
Havisham
Larkin
A Study of Reading Habits
Self’s the Man
Gender Roles/ Representation of Gender
Duffy:
Before You Were Mine
Adultery
Larkin:
Self’s the Man
Sunny Prestatyn
Growing Up
Duffy:
The Good Teachers
Away and See
Larkin
A Study of Reading Habits
Home is so Sad
Ageing
Duffy:
Pluto
Havisham
Larkin:
Love Songs in Age
A Study of Reading Habits
Past, Present and Future
Duffy:
The Captain of the 1964 Top of the Form Team
Before You Were Mine
Larkin:
Love Songs in Age
A Study of Reading Habits
Past Haunting The Present
Duffy:
Small Female Skull
Moments of Grace
Larkin:
MCMXIV
Home is So Sad
Real Verses Ideal
Duffy:
Litany
Larkin:
The Whitsun Weddings
Naturally the Foundation will Bear your Expenses
Home/The Domestic/Place
Duffy:
Never Go Back
Oslo
Room
Larkin:
The Importance of Elsewhere
Home is So Sad