Journeys in Larkin and Abse
- Created by: Beth Haworth
- Created on: 18-05-11 08:19
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Journeys in Larkin and Abse
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- Observational narrative stance
- Changing views throughout journey- modern buildings vs. traditional rural areas
- Shows contrast between "swerving" and straightness- regularity and constraint vs. freedom
- Contrasts also highlighted in rhyme scheme (reflected)
Dockery and Son
- "fumes" of Sheffield- negative view of development
- Scenery "subsides" as the persona leaves his past behind
- Poem structurally heading towards "the only end of age", as…
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