Reference Back - Larkin Flashcards

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Summary - Reference Back

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  • about Eva Larkin
  • Larkin had a responsibility to check in with her
  • Larkin was a huge fan of jazz music
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Key themes - Reference Back

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  • passage of time
  • change
  • regret and unhappiness
  • memory vs reality
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Structure and tone - Reference Back

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written in regular stanzas with regular rhyme
- formal structure mirrors stiff atmosphere
- detached and restrained tone
- reflective but emotionally muted

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Context - Reference Back

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  • ordinary events are used to explore existential doubt
  • aligns with the movement with an emphasis on realism and understatment
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Key quote - Reference Back - repetiton of ‘unsatisfactory

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  • deliberate
  • stands out and adds to the feeling that being at the house is a burden
  • very tiresome, montony
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Key quote - Reference Back - ‘by acting differently, we could have kept it so’

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  • could we have kept the hope by making different choices
  • acknowledgement that there was no way to make their lives better
  • they cannot go back to the past
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Strong comparisons with Reference Back

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Prayer - Duffy
Moments of Grace - Duffy
MCMXIV - Larkin

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