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Written, like Death and the Moon in response to the death of Adrian Henri
At age 16, she met Adrian Henri, a 39 year old Liverpool poet
She applied to Liverpool University to be near him.
Structure
Sonnet form, rhyme scheme half-rhyme couplets
= feeling of regret, incompleteness, nostalgic
Metaphors of death:
‘the ferry…’
‘a grave for our..’
‘the ferry grieves down by the Pier head’
‘a grave for our ruined love’
Transience, ephemeral imagery:
‘the city…’
‘a kiss…’
‘flowers of'…’
‘the city drifts out of reach,’
‘a kiss on the lips of the wind’
‘flowers of litter’
Reference to a song
a Beatle’s song - ‘She loves you’ but the title left unsaid,
‘yeah, yeah, yeah’ = unspoken feeling