New GCSE English Literature WJEC Eduqas Anthology Poetry Guide - for the Grade 9-1 Course
This is an overview and a quote analysis of the poem 'Afternoons' by Philip Larkin. It is included in the poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature if you are doing the exam of WJEC Eduqas. It was made by me for the 2019 GCSE exams which I have just completed and of which I recieved a Grade 9 fo...
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Afternoons – Philip Larkin
CONTEXT:
Was one of the Movement poets who wrote about current affairs
“Hermit of Hull”
Never married and he lived his life as a librarian
Had an unhappy childhood
Had a fear of death
RHYME SCHEME:
The unrhymed form reflects the poem’s focus on an unsatisfactory
life; or rather generation of lives.
TONE & MOOD:
Emptiness
Tedium
Banal
Distance
Immaturity
Unambitious
Mundane
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