Trying to capture the upbeat mood of 1964-65, the poet Thom Gunn said: “They stood for a great…
The Beatles are a plausible referent for Gunn’s recollection of mid-1960s optimism and his poem about them. The exact interview quotation has not been securely identified,…
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Trying to capture the upbeat mood of 1964-65, the poet Thom Gunn said: “They stood for a
great optimism, barriers seemed to be coming down all over, it was as if World War II had
finally drawn to close, there was an openness and high-spiritedness and relaxation of mood”.
Who were “they” ?
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Correct answer A
The Beatles are a plausible referent for Gunn’s recollection of mid-1960s optimism and his poem about them. The exact interview quotation has not been securely identified, so the Rolling Stones, New Left and Arts Council alternatives are not conclusively excluded by primary textual recall.
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