Analysing ideas of time and loss of innocence in Larkin's 'Afternoons'
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- Q1Who wrote the poem 'Afternoons'?Philip LarkinRupert BrookeWilfred OwenImtiaz Dharker30s
- Q2Which words give us the impression of youth in the first stanza of 'Afternoons'?Users sort answers between categoriesSorting30s
- Q3Which is the missing season: summer, spring, ______ and winter?Users enter free textType an Answer30s
- Q4Which is the final word in the poem 'Afternoons'?liveschildrenmotheryou30s
- Q5What is 'tone'?intentionally repeating words, lines, stanzasexpressing personal emotions or feelings in a poetic, musical wayan invented perspective or speaker used by a writerrepetition of words or phrases in the first part of successive clauseshow the writer conveys their attitude towards their subject matter30s
- Q6Which of the following is not an explanation for the title 'Afternoons'?It might be the time of day at which Larkin is observing these families.It could be the metaphorical afternoon of a person’s life.Larkin might be suggesting this loss of autonomy is happening to many people.It could be the time at which the poem is being read.30s