Meeting Point by Louis MacNeice (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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No. of stanzas in Meeting Point
No. of stanzas in Meeting Point
Eight stanzas
MacNeice's birthplace & year
MacNeice's birthplace & year
Belfast, 1907
Meeting Point rhyme scheme
Meeting Point rhyme scheme
ABCBA
Meaning: 'two people with the one pulse'
Meaning: 'two people with the one pulse'
Emotional & spiritual unity despite physical separation
'Brazen calyx of no noise' represents
'Brazen calyx of no noise' represents
Something beautiful become hard & lifeless
Ash imagery meaning in Meeting Point
Ash imagery meaning in Meeting Point
Passion burnt down; can nourish new growth elsewhere
Perspective shift in final stanzas
Perspective shift in final stanzas
From 'two people'/'they' to 'she' - individual identity
What ABCBA pattern embodies
What ABCBA pattern embodies
How lovers mirror each other
MacNeice's poetic group (1930s)
MacNeice's poetic group (1930s)
Auden-Spender-Day Lewis group
What Meeting Point ultimately celebrates
What Meeting Point ultimately celebrates
Autonomy & self-awareness