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   Poetic Techniques. Lawrence makes use of several poetic techniques in ‘Afternoon in School: The Last Lesson’. These include alliteration, enjambment, anaphora, and caesura. The first, alliteration, occurs when words are used in succession, or at least appear close together, and begin with the same letter.

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   Summary of Last Lesson of the Afternoon. Popularity of “Last Lesson of the Afternoon”: ‘Last Lesson of the Afternoon’ was written by David Herbert Lawrence, a well-known English writer and poet. It is a realistic poetic piece and first appeared in 1913. The poem conveys a sense of boredom, lifelessness and dullness when describing the ...

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   Answer. The poem “Last Lesson Of Afternoon” by David Herbert Richards Lawerence reflects the viewpoint of a teacher who feels that his hard attempt at teaching a class of sixty students is an exercise in futility. The poem expresses a mood of anger and bitter desperation at the thanklessness of a teacher’s work.

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   The Best of School is written in free-verse with little attention given to standard rhythmic devices. The Last Lesson of the Afternoon, on the other hand, follows a regular patten of cadance and ...

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   The first, fourth, and fifth stanzas use the same rhyme with “me,” which focuses the poem on the speaker’s personal experience. Literary Devices. Lawrence uses the following literary devices: Alliteration: Lawrence uses alliteration to add greater emphasis and rhythm to certain lines. For example, in line 33, the alliteration of “cling ...

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   Analysis (ai): This poem conveys the weariness and frustration of a teacher struggling to engage his unmotivated students. The speaker expresses a sense of exhaustion and disillusionment with the endless cycle of lessons and the lack of progress among his pupils. The poem reflects the discontent and frustration felt by many educators who face ...

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   What poetic techniques does Lawrence use in 'afternoon in school'?

   • For instance, “endure” and “urge” in lines five and six of the first stanza and “slovenly,” “me,” and “weariedly” in lines nine and eleven of the same stanza. Lawrence makes use of several poetic techniques in ‘Afternoon in School: The Last Lesson’. These include alliteration, enjambment, anaphora, and caesura.

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   What is Lawrence's poem 'Last Lesson of the afternoon' about?

   • ‘Last lesson of the afternoon’ is about this period in his life when he was teaching. (He did this for about four years.) Lawrence’s poetry is usually autobiographical in nature (based on his own life). The poem ‘ Last lesson of The Afternoon ‘ is about this time in his life when he was a teacher.

   The Last Lesson of the Afternoon | Summary and Questions

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   What does the poem 'Last Lesson of afternoon' mean?

   • Answer. The poem “Last Lesson Of Afternoon” by David Herbert Richards Lawerence reflects the viewpoint of a teacher who feels that his hard attempt at teaching a class of sixty students is an exercise in futility. The poem expresses a mood of anger and bitter desperation at the thanklessness of a teacher’s work.

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   Is afternoon in school the last lesson a two stanza version?

   • This analysis is concerned with the definitive two stanza version of ‘Afternoon in School: The Last Lesson’. There is a longer six stanza version, later revised by Lawrence, as well. Lawrence creates a pessimistic and drained mood in ‘Afternoon in School: The Last Lesson’ as the teacher/ speaker contends with a class of careless students.

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   How many stanzas is afternoon in school?

   • ‘ Afternoon in School: The Last Lesson’ was published in Lawrence’s Love Poems. It is in one of the three sections in the volume titled, “The Schoolmaster”. This analysis is concerned with the definitive two stanza version of ‘Afternoon in School: The Last Lesson’. There is a longer six stanza version, later revised by Lawrence, as well.

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   Did Lawrence write a poem a snowy day in school?

   • The Westminster Gazette texts of “A Snowy Day in School,” “The Best of School,” and “Afternoon: The Last Lesson” appeared as a truncated “Schoolmaster” sequence in Lawrence’s first poetry monograph, Love Poems and Others (1913). A revised version of “The Punisher” appeared in Amores (1916).

   Self and Sequence: Lawrence’s “The Schoolmaster”

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9. journals.openedition.org › lawrence › 254Self and Sequence: Lawrence’s “The Schoolmaster”

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   1 Lawrence’s early poetry sequence, “The Schoolmaster,” is situated at a crucial juncture of his life. He completed the sequence near the end of his three years as an assistant teacher at the Davidson Road School in Croydon. The serious case of pneumonia he succumbed to at the end of 1911 was instrumental in his departure from school ...