Compare the ways in which Larkin and Abse write about settings in their poems. In your response you must include detailed critical discussion of at least two of Larkin’s poems. In ‘Mr Bleaney’ Larkin explores the setting of an old house‚ still ever present with the spirit and legacy of its last occupant. Setting is presented as impressionable on its inhabitant‚ restricting and institutionalising their lives. Similarly‚ Abse’s poem ‘Leaving Cardiff’ also displays themes regarding setting giving
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At Grass By Philip Larkin Sound Devices & Rhythm Rhyme: Regular rhyme pattern: In each stanza‚ there are rhymes on alternate lines‚ forming a regular pattern of efgefg‚ hijhij etc. Such regularity seems to suggest a sense of restriction which echoes with the confinement human beings impose on the racing horses for the pleasure of human entertainment. Assonance: The use of repeated long vowels as in ‘shade’ (/ʃeɪd/)‚ ‘tail’ (/teɪl/)‚ ‘mane’ (/meɪn/) creates a gloomy atmosphere in the depiction of
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Throughout his works Philip Larkin shows the ‘emptiness that lies under all we do.’ The way we travel through life riding a wave of superficialities‚ too caught up in the moment to see what is really going on. Larkin aims to alleviate the blindness created by our deep involvement‚ attempting to draw the reader out to see the big picture. In Ambulances he acknowledges death as a device powerful enough to allow people to see beyond themselves and the things surrounding them. The thought of their impending
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found between the ways in which Larkin and Abse write about places in their poems? In your response you must include detailed critical discussion of at least two of Larkin’s poem. In the poem Here Larkin describes the city as ‘rich industrial shadows’ this suggests Larkin sees it as dirtily rich with corruption lurking in the ‘shadows’. ‘Shadow’ suggests misery‚ a lack of hope and spiritual enlightenment. ‘Shadows’ suggests blindness‚ perhaps to clarity which Larkin is trying to pursue but ‘swerving
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Sunny Prestatyn by Phil Larkin The poem Sunny Prestatyn presents a bleak picture of reality against a deceiving advertising imagery in a melancholic‚ yet entertaining manner. The semantic field of sex is used throughout the poem. In the first stanza we are presented with a picture perfect holiday resort’s advertising poster‚ carefully composed around an alluring and beautiful‚ pristine girl. Symbolism‚ in tautened white satin‚ is used to emphasize her alleged purity as she symbolizes the
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ANALYSIS The title of this poem is derived from the expression ’To sow your wild oats’. It was culturally accepted by men at the time‚ that before marriage‚ men would be allowed to indulge in many sexual relationships with many women. The reasoning behind this is that if a man is not able to sow his wild oats‚ he will become anxious during his married years and begin to cheat on his wife. This story is told by Larkin aged 40‚ when he is still unmarried‚ and in this poem‚ he looks back to is younger
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This Be the Verse by Philip Larkin They fuck you up‚ your mum and dad. They may not mean to‚ but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra‚ just for you. But they were fucked up in their turn By fools in old-style hats and coats‚ Who half the time were sloppy-stern And half at one another’s throats. Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can‚ And
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How do Larkin and Abse present the idea of disappointment and loss? Both Larkin and Abse write poems about disappointment and loss but both having a different idea to how it is presented In ‘Home is so sad‚’ by Philip Larkin‚ the idea of disappointment and loss is presented through a home. The form and structure gives off spontaneous thoughts and written in two quintains and each stanza containing 5 lines. Each line contains ten syllables with a basic iambic metre and containing internal full
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For Larkin‚ hopes‚ dreams and ideals are ‘relentlessly diminished by the realities of life.’ (Peter King). How far do you agree with this statement in relation to Mr Bleaney? In ‘Mr Bleaney’ Larkin explores thematically the nature of failure‚ finality and misery. The poem tells the story of two characters‚ bound together by their connection to the same lodging room. Larkin draws focus to the material articles in the poem to form a representation of failure. Larkin notes the ‘same saucer-souvenir
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she knows she is quite strong‚ she isn’t one to brag to everyone and their mother about it). 5. Lazy (in the fact that even though she knows she needs to do things‚ she doesn’t get to it until a she’s good and ready to do so). History: 1. Aline Larkin is an only child‚ raised alongside her cousins by her aunt and uncle as her mom died when she was only 1 do to tuberculosis. Her father also contracted that disease while caring for her mom and died shortly afterwards. 2. A wild dog attacked her
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