young families and their lifestyles and passing youth of 'young mothers' without their husband who are skilled traders.
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structure
3 regular stanzas represent 3 stages of life childhood adulthood and death
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'young mothers assemble'
mothers are stuck in a regimented lifestyle and trapped in their daily routines.
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'lying near the television'
the seasons changing shows their relationship changing and shows theirmarriages and lives have now somehow been pushed aside and reduced casually beside a tv
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'hollow afternoons'
The word "hollows" meaning empty and creates the impression that the mothers' lives are empty also. Larkin believes that the life of a woman who marries and has a child will become empty, will lack fulfilment and will be unhappy
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'setting free their children'
temporarily setting themselves free aswell and desire to break away from this dull and boring lifestyle.
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'expect to be taken home'
expect seems to show mothers as being slaves to their children
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'beauty has thickened'
women are ageing and their mature which makes their beauty more dominant
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
3 regular stanzas represent 3 stages of life childhood adulthood and death
Back
structure
Card 3
Front
mothers are stuck in a regimented lifestyle and trapped in their daily routines.
Back
Card 4
Front
the seasons changing shows their relationship changing and shows theirmarriages and lives have now somehow been pushed aside and reduced casually beside a tv
Back
Card 5
Front
The word "hollows" meaning empty and creates the impression that the mothers' lives are empty also. Larkin believes that the life of a woman who marries and has a child will become empty, will lack fulfilment and will be unhappy
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