Dante's Purgatorio and the Word of God
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What is the setting of the poem?

  • Midsummer
  • Late autumn
  • Late summer or early autumn (correct)
  • Winter

    • In the second stanza, what does Larkin imagine the women's husbands to be?

  • Doctors
  • Businessmen
  • Politicians
  • In skilled trades (correct)

    • What is near the television at home according to the text?

  • Children's toys
  • Art paintings
  • Fresh flowers
  • Wedding photo-album (correct)

    • What do the children wish for in the poem?

    <p>To be taken home</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Larkin suggest has happened to the women's beauty?

    <p>It has thickened</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How would you describe the rhyme scheme of this poem compared to Larkin's other works?

    <p>It is unrhymed</p> Signup and view all the answers

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