YNA4 GCSE WJEC Poetry Collection notes

This is an interpretation and analysis of 'Afternoons' by Philip Larkin. The summary first offers a breakdown of the top layers of meaning of the poem (what is physically happening), given as an overview and then broken down by stanza. Next, it delves into the poem's deeper layers of meaning, discussing analyses and interpretations of the poem's overall meaning and metaphor, and also breaks each stanza down into its many language and literary devices, offering a wide variety of interpret...

This is an interpretation and analysis of 'Afternoons' by Philip Larkin. The summary first offers a breakdown of the top layers of meaning of the poem (what is physically happening), given as an overview and then broken down by stanza. Next, it delves into the poem's deeper layers of meaning, discussing analyses and interpretations of the poem's overall meaning and metaphor, and also breaks each stanza down into its many language and literary devices, offering a wide variety of interpret...