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Jul 26, 2012 · No copyright infringement is intended.This film is now out of print, and literally impossible to acquire online or in stores. This upload is an attempt to pr...
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Late Flowering Lust: Directed by David Hinton. With Nigel Hawthorne, Richenda Carey, Jonathan Cecil, Rosie Allen. This movie is a combination of mime and dance that accompanies the "voiced-over" lyrics of a selection of poems by John Betjeman.
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- Drama
- David Hinton
- 1994
- Stanza One
- Stanza Two
- Stanza Three
- Stanza Four
- Stanza Five
- Stanza Six
- Stanza Seven
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Betjeman begins ‘Late Flowering Lust‘ by characterizing himself in his later age as a shadow of his former youth. He presents himself with bad breath, ‘bald’ and unshaven, elevating the more grotesque parts of himself. The choice of characterizationis self-deprecating, yet sets up the idea of the decrepit nature of the man. Betjeman presents himsel...
Betjeman presents himself comically as a little drunk during the poem, the ‘brandy-certain aim’ further adding to the unattractive presentation Betjeman has already fostered in this first stanza. The focus on ‘maybe’ reflects the loss of passion, linking to the lovers’ old ages. There is no raw sexual energy exhumed here, with the faint response be...
In stanza three of ‘Late Flowering Lust’, Betjeman uses the gothicimage of two ‘skeletons; to represent the two lovers. Death lurks over the couple, with passion dissolving into fear. The lovers are little more than human husks, degenerating as the poem progresses.
Betjeman furthers his degenerate presentation of the two lovers. Their hollow ‘dark sockets’ disturb the reader, the ‘emptiness’ of the characters unsettling. Again, the harsh distinction between past and present is explored by Betjeman. ‘Once was loving-eyed’ has now degenerated into this disgusting image of a hollow eye socket. Betjeman subverts ...
The verb ‘cling’ is strong against the passivity of the proceeding stanzas. The word could be emblematicof how the two lovers are ‘cling[ing]’ to life. Stanza seven supports this reading, further exploring how close they are to death. It seems that within this ghastly world, the two lovers only have themselves left, ‘cling[ing]’ to one another in d...
Stanza seven of ‘Late Flowering Lust‘ is fractured and truncated by the implementation of caesura and end stop. Whereas other stanzas flow easily, the rhyme and enjambmentpushing the reading on, this stanza is stagnated. Betjeman’s sense of panic at not knowing when he will die is palpable. The questioning tone, ‘week?’ ‘Remain?’, ‘death?’, ‘breath...
Betjeman returns to the idea of ‘cling’, yet this time describes it as ‘too long’. It seems that they are but moments from death, their love cut short. When each moment is one closer to death, Betjeman reflects on how precious his time is, the deft ‘too’ echoing hauntingly. The eponymous final line, ’late-flowering lust’ is an apt line and title as...
A poem that explores the sexual relationship between two old people near death, blending passion with the specter of death in a haunting verse. The poem uses grotesque and gothic images, self-deprecating tone, and rhyme scheme to create a chilling effect.
May 8, 1994 · Lyrical comedy-drama inspired by some of Sir John Betjeman's poems.
Jan 23, 2017 · This article explores the poem ‘Late-Flowering Lust’ by John Betjeman, a poet who has been criticized for his vague and lascivious emotions. It argues that the poem is inspired by his wife Penelope, who converted to Catholicism in 1948, and that the poem reflects their complex relationship.
- Tim Hancock
- 2017
A TV movie that combines mime, dance and poetry by John Betjeman. It depicts a weekend party at an English country house with older and younger generations, voiced by Nigel Hawthorne and a dance troupe.
How did John Betjeman's wife Penelope inspire his poem Late-Flowering Lust, which seems to express a lascivious desire? This article explores the context and meaning of this poem, and challenges the criticism of Betjeman's poetry as vague or frivolous.
