Talking in Bed by Philip Larkin (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
📚Flashcards
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
ShowHide
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
Year Larkin wrote 'Talking in Bed'
Year Larkin wrote 'Talking in Bed'
1960
What are tercets?
What are tercets?
Three-line verse stanzas
Rhyme scheme in 'Talking in Bed'
Rhyme scheme in 'Talking in Bed'
aba cac dcd eee
Central paradox of the poem
Central paradox of the poem
Loneliness persists even in intimate moments with a lover
What does the couple represent as an 'emblem'?
What does the couple represent as an 'emblem'?
Symbolic representation of all couples facing similar issues
Meaning of 'wind's incomplete unrest'
Meaning of 'wind's incomplete unrest'
Perpetual motion that never resolves; mirrors failed communication
'Dark towns heap up' - what does this suggest?
'Dark towns heap up' - what does this suggest?
Threatening accumulation of the urban, modern world
Purpose of double negatives in poem
Purpose of double negatives in poem
Create confusion & ambiguity, mirror emotional uncertainty
Opening line establishing expectation
Opening line establishing expectation
Talking in bed ought to be easiest
Quote showing world's indifference to the couple
Quote showing world's indifference to the couple
None of this cares for us