Wedding Wind Flashcards
How is the speaker presented about marriage and romance?
She is excited and naive
What does she feel and realise about marriage?
She becomes bored of it and realised that she enjoys her simple life m
What is Larkin?
He’s a habitual misogynist
What does he call women?
Stupid creatures and foolish
How is Larkins life presented?
He’s unmarried and childless
What does he say about marriage?
Bloody hell
What are his religious beliefs?
He’s an atheist and has agnostic beliefs
What kind of imagery is there?
Pastoral imagery - domestic form of nature
What’s the structure?
Two stanzas, the first ten lines dealing with the wedding night, while in the next fourteen lines the following day
1) “stupid in __”
- realises? presented as? imagery? what is the imagery showing?
1) candlelight
- reality, naive in romance, light, it’s revealing the truth
2) “__ candlestick yet seeing __.”
- what 2 things does the end stop show - change of what? what changed her? represents what vs what of marriage?
2) twisted, nothing
- identity, marriage, separation of the excitement vs domesticness of marriage
3) “all’s __ under the sun”
- what does the sun show?
3) ravelled
- it reveals the truth about marriage
4) “this __ forth by wind”
- excitement of? happy with? where can happiness be found? what does Larkin do?
4) bodying
- marriage, simple life, mundane, mocks and criticises her
5) “__ morning”
- what is she? eternal? what does the quotation show she has?
5) perpetual
- too naive, happiness and peace, hope
6) “__ as cattle by all __ - waters?”
- what is happening? why is she happy? who kneels? imagery?
6) kneeling, generous
- social conformity, cause that’s how everyone acts once they are married, religious people, image of pray
