who wrote afternoons
phillip larkin
what does the regular structure show
how time passes but everything repeats itself
c: what was larkin interested in
the lives of the ordinary people
c: where did he write afternoons
a flat that overlooked a park
c: what is afternoons about
inevitability of change and the passing of youth
‘summer…’
is fading
‘our wedding…’
lying near the television
‘expect to…’
be taken home
‘something is…’
pushing them to the side of their own lives
‘Young mothers…
assemble’
‘Their beauty….
has thickened’