Wedding Wind Flashcards
Wind
Extended metaphor throughout poem used to symbolise the rapid change that occurs to ones sense of self as a result of marriage
Stable door was banging, again and again
Onomatopoeia highlighting the relentless noise the wind is causing as a result of its power, reflective of how marriage almost evokes severe, persistent change to one’s personal identity
Leaving me stupid in candle light (bless her)
Juxtaposes typical imagery of romance and intimacy associated with candle light- she is disheartened as her husband goes to shut the door , suggestive of how marriage has almost brung forth a new sense of intense attachment between the woman and her partner.
Enjabment emphatic of how unexpected and severe the transition is from being an ordinary couple towards being married - highlighting the immense impact of marriage even further
Seeing my face twisted in candlestick
Symbolic of how marriage has distorted and warped the woman’s perception of self - speaker almost making a comment on how the change marriage causes is unable to be reversed.
Now in the day all’s ravelled under the sun by the Winds blowing
Shift from night in the first stanza, towards day in the second to draw attention to the more optimistic tone the speaker is employing towards feelings of marriage. Suggestive of how, over time, society can embody hope and embrace the change marriage causes via accepting their new identity.
“Chicken-run, set it down, and stare ‘
Pastoral imagery highlighting how the woman finds purpose and meaning in completing the duties allocated to her within her marriage such as looking after animals.
Here, the woman almost appreciates and is satisfied with her simple life through via the passive verbs- suggestive of how despite her actions towards the animals being bland , she still finds purpose and a new sense of identity since it serves a role within her marriage.
Shall I be let to sleep now this perpetual morning shares my bed?
Rhetorical question acts as an indication of the womans restless inner emotion of joy and bliss through her perspective of her newly found happiness through marriage being eternal-almost as if she is overwhelmed with her new, more enjoyable identity which she previously did not imagine
Can even death dry up these new delighted lakes
The lake symbolic of the purity within her marriage.
Context- larkin challenges his own fear of death by suggesting that marriage has the ability to enable individuals to enjoy their current , present identities instead of being consumed by the concept of death
Our kneeling as castle by all-generous water?
Via the use of religous imagery, speaker emphatic of how womans marriage is holy and sereine- she is overwhelmed by feelings of gratitude, she feels an innate urge to thank some form of higher power as a result of her deeply rooted happiness.
Stretch and context
-marriage as bloody hell, Larkin perhaps drawing attention to his subtle inner confliction in regards to marriage
- fixation upon death , his conflict in regards to that as well
- Hardy pastoral imagery
- movement writer
- never married
