If Love Was Jazz (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Linda France birth year & place
Linda France birth year & place
1958, Newcastle upon Tyne
Number of poetry collections France published
Number of poetry collections France published
Eight poetry collections
France's two main poetic themes
France's two main poetic themes
Nature and jazz music
Jazz music origin city & communities
Jazz music origin city & communities
New Orleans, African-American communities
Central metaphor of 'If Love Was Jazz'
Central metaphor of 'If Love Was Jazz'
Extended metaphor: love compared to jazz music
Repeated conditional phrase in poem
Repeated conditional phrase in poem
"If love was..."
Speaker's current love vs jazz effect
Speaker's current love vs jazz effect
Dull, respectable vs excited, dazzled, alive
Double meaning of 'snare' (stanza 5)
Double meaning of 'snare' (stanza 5)
Type of drum and a trap
'Under its thumb' idiom meaning
'Under its thumb' idiom meaning
Under someone's influence or control
'Sing its praises' idiom meaning
'Sing its praises' idiom meaning
To celebrate or honour someone/something
Structural change in stanza 6
Structural change in stanza 6
Two-line rhyming couplet (trumpet/blow it)
Philip Larkin's connection to jazz
Philip Larkin's connection to jazz
Loved jazz, wrote weekly jazz column
'Organ recital' metaphor meaning (stanza 8)
'Organ recital' metaphor meaning (stanza 8)
Respectable church music, worthy but not vital
Key contrast in stanza 8
Key contrast in stanza 8
"Eminently worthy" vs "not nearly as vital"
Tone of poem's ending (stanza 9)
Tone of poem's ending (stanza 9)
Positive, hopeful, optimistic