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Title: The Theme of Time In Philip Larkin's Afternoons
Description: I analysed the poem before including it in my A Level coursework - this is what i came up with. I got an A* in A Level English Literature, I hope that means the notes are up to scratch!
Description: I analysed the poem before including it in my A Level coursework - this is what i came up with. I got an A* in A Level English Literature, I hope that means the notes are up to scratch!
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How does Larkin present the theme of the passage of time in Afternoons?
The colon at the end of the first stanza is used as a terminal caesura, and this
makes the first line of the poem more poignant
...
The
use of the natural imagery when describing summer alludes to the passage of
time as the seasons are constantly changing, people use the seasons as a
measure of time and the imagery of the leaves falling from the trees shows that it
will soon be autumn
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The sibilance used ‘swing and sandpit setting free their children’ gives a sense of
motion and an idea that things are moving quickly, as well as this the idea of
‘setting free’ the children highlights the fact that the parents are no longer free,
they have responsibilities and therefore cannot be completely spontaneous as
the children can be
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Having the wedding album next to the television also shows how time has
changed as not only does the wedding album represent happier times, it is in
contrast with the electronic television
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In modern times a lot of
the photographs are stored on phones, cameras and computers and not printed
in albums
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The idea
that the wind is working to change their old happy memories and replace them
shows that the past was a happier time for the subjects of the poem and that they
are looking back regretfully
...
The
sentence goes on to say that ‘the lovers are all in school’ portraying a sense of
time coming a full circle, they themselves were courting when they were in school
and now new students are doing the same
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Naivety is something that is lost
with age and the idea that the parents no longer have that shows the passage of
time for them
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’ Larkin is talking about how the children are growing
up
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The final lines suggest that it is an increase in the responsibilities, awareness and
independence that has caused the children to grow up, ‘something is pushing
them’ not ‘someone’ and as a result it is due to uncontrollable forces that as
people grow up they lose their freedom, things like family school and work all play
a part in shaping the future of children and developing guidelines within which
they have to live from an early age
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Title: The Theme of Time In Philip Larkin's Afternoons
Description: I analysed the poem before including it in my A Level coursework - this is what i came up with. I got an A* in A Level English Literature, I hope that means the notes are up to scratch!
Description: I analysed the poem before including it in my A Level coursework - this is what i came up with. I got an A* in A Level English Literature, I hope that means the notes are up to scratch!