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vocab
figurative language
meaning
about author
100
a brick structor or wall
What is brickwork
100
"feel like a child" what kind of figurative language
what is a similie
100
What does Larkin mean when he uses the phrase, " light, chill, and yellow bathes the serene foreheads of houses"?
What is a sunset covering houses?
100
True or False: Larkin is considered a modern poet.
What is true
200
surprising amazing
What is astonishing
200
The following line is an example of which figurative language? -"in the deep bare garden it's fresh peeled voice"
What is personification
200
What does "a thrush sings" mean?
What is a bird chirping "singing" ?
200
True or False: Larkins was inspired by Thomas Carew.
What is false, he was inspired by Thomas Hardy.
300
a shrub or plant
What is laurel
300
There is two types of figurative language used. What is one type of figurative language is used throughout the entire poem?
What is imagery?
300
The author wrote," feel like a child", why?
What is to express his perspective on the "spring" that is now here?
300
True or False Phillip Larkin was married to Sophia Larkin and had 2 daughters.
What is False, never married.
400
peace or hormonize
What does reconciling mean
400
"I whose childhood is a forgotten boredom" is an example of what?
What is metaphor?
400
What do you think the author was trying to convey when he said," it will be spring soon"?
What is a life changing event, or his life is going to change?
400
True or False Larkin was a librarian until his death.
What is True
500
What is the definition of serene?
What is calm, peaceful?
500
What is the other type of figurative language used throughout the whole poem?
What is euphony?
500
What do you think Larkin was comparing the coming of spring to?
What is his own life, and how his childhood was "the coming of spring, he had a boring childhood but now "spring is here" and his life has changed?
500
What was the poem he wrote that rejected neo-romantic writing for traditional poetry?
What is "The Movement"?