![]() ![]() ![]() Does she seek adventure in a possible life after death? ![]() Elf uses this poem to express herself maybe part of the reason she wants to die is because she is bored of this life. Larkin wonders what will happen when he dies, but doctors are running to prevent him from trying anything. He says, “Where can we live but days?/ Ah, solving that question / Brings the priest and the doctor.” This definitely seems like it is referencing attempted suicide. In this poem, the narrator ponders on what happens at the end of life. This is an interesting choice for Elf to make. As a reply, Elf recites ‘Days’ by Philip Larkin (while performing a strip tease and successfully forcing the priest out of the room). Poetry plays a huge part of the novel, and outside of Yoli’s memories and conversations with Elf, poetry is the only other insight into Elf’s mind.Įlf receives a hospital visit from her old priest, who tells her to embrace God again, because only then will she find the joy in life. We aren’t able to truly tell how much pain Elf is feeling, so like Yoli, we can’t really understand why she wants to die so badly. ![]() In a previous post, I talked about how telling the story from Yoli’s perspective conceals a lot of the story. How is poetry incorporated into All My Puny Sorrows and what effect does it have on the meaning/interpretation of the book? ![]()
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