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Mind Map by eilishhardy, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by eilishhardy
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Born Yesterday
- Larkin wrote poem for particular event- day after the birth of Sally Amis(daughter of a friend)
- he takes fairy tale idea of giving out wishes of good things to new born but adds twist
- he wishes her more practical, useful talents instead of great beauty
- he wishes her more practical, useful talents instead of great beauty
- Form
- lack of rhyme makes poem seem like normal spoken language
- puts emphasis on rhyming couplet at end
- puts emphasis on rhyming couplet at end
- free verse
- lack of rhyme makes poem seem like normal spoken language
- Structure
- 1st stanza starts off conversational and ironic tone
- talking about so-called gifts and virtues that most
people would wish for a new born
- people are naive
- people are naive
- talking about so-called gifts and virtues that most
people would wish for a new born
- 2nd stanza- more direct and empathetic towards the end when dealing
with real virtues required to be happy
- 1st stanza starts off conversational and ironic tone
- Cynical language
- poet uses sceptical & dismissive language to describe
what extraordinary gifts and virtues are worth
- 'usual stuff'
- down-to-earth, un romantic phrase shows his contempt for
the supposedly special hopes for a child which are typically
expressed
- down-to-earth, un romantic phrase shows his contempt for
the supposedly special hopes for a child which are typically
expressed
- 'spring'-source of unpolluted water
- 'unworkable' 'working'
- repetition in unworkable and working increase sense that this
one extreme thing spreads to disrupt everything else
- repetition in unworkable and working increase sense that this
one extreme thing spreads to disrupt everything else
- poet uses sceptical & dismissive language to describe
what extraordinary gifts and virtues are worth
- Language about Ordinariness
- poet gives unexciting description of his hopes
- then says how important and how special that kind of ordinariness is
- then says how important and how special that kind of ordinariness is
- 'ordinary' 'average'
- at first his unexciting wishes seem unkind
- at first his unexciting wishes seem unkind
- 'not ugly, not good looking, nothing uncustomary'
- repetition of negatives -emphasises
absence of distinguishing figures
- repetition of negatives -emphasises
absence of distinguishing figures
- 'may you be dull'
- explains this is actually a virtue- more valuable than those in first stanza
- explains this is actually a virtue- more valuable than those in first stanza
- 'skilled,vigilant, flexible, unemphasised, enthralled'
- 5 adjectives in quick succession- show how
complicated catching happiness is
- 5 adjectives in quick succession- show how
complicated catching happiness is
- poet gives unexciting description of his hopes
- 'tightly folded bud'
- like beginning of flower-suggests affection
- which contrasts with the hope that she isn't beautiful
- which contrasts with the hope that she isn't beautiful
- metaphor-protected in womb blossoms into flower
- like beginning of flower-suggests affection
- 'none of the others would'
- his wish is going to be different from others
- his wish is going to be different from others
- 'and should it prove possible'
- he's cynical and doubts whether these
wishes likely to come true
- he's cynical and doubts whether these
wishes likely to come true
- Feelings & Attitudes
- Tenderness
- expresses genuine good feelings for the new born
- expresses genuine good feelings for the new born
- Scorn
- he's quite cutting about the traditional kind of wishes people make for babies
- he's quite cutting about the traditional kind of wishes people make for babies
- Realism
- gives down-to-earth views on
way people can achieve
happiness
- gives down-to-earth views on
way people can achieve
happiness
- Tenderness
- idealism vs. realistic
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