door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” I feel that this epitomises what Larkin was portraying in the poem ’Dockery and Son’; a feeling of regret and a wondering of what the ’other door’ might hold. It could be seen that the older door of happiness is Larkin’s youth: a time of freedom‚ when they could be ’unbreakfasted’ and live without responsibilities; unlike the duties that Larkin portrays parents as having in Afternoons: "...an estateful of washing..." The fact that he is
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Annotation I: “The Trees” by Philip Larkin The trees are coming into leaf Like something almost being said; The recent buds relax and spread‚ Their greenness is a kind of grief. Is it that they are born again And we grow old? No‚ they die too‚ Their yearly trick of looking of looking new. Is it written down in rings of grain. Yet still the unresting castles thresh In full grown thickness every May. Last year is dead‚ they seem to say‚ Begin afresh‚ afresh‚ afresh. Imagery to Larkin’s “The
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stage this would be notable that the English poetry of the present day had to come a long way before it achieved its present mould. It includes the evolution of thought process from the likes of Yeats and Eliot and on to Auden‚ Dylan Thomas‚ Philip Larkin and finally to the present day poets like Andrew Zawacki‚ Brian Patten etc. The poetry of the present day England is one that has many voices to it. There are various ethnicities‚ cultures and nationalities involved in shaping the face of the
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dysfunctions are further observed in a bureaucratic social setting. Due to the very nature of bureaucracies some dysfunctionalities remain‚ due to concerns about the individual’s alienation from work of “hand” and a gradual alienation from society (Larkin‚ 2014‚ para. 24). In 1947‚ sociologist Max Weber studied and identified key traits that originated from the idiom “bureaucracy”. At the age of 18‚ Weber joined the military after attending
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Larkin’s poetry there is a profound sense of unease about death. Larkin‚ throughout his poetry‚ obviously contemplates the inevitable end that is death. In his poetry Larkin uses great observational skills‚ noting and writing about everyday circumstances in cinematic detail. With death‚ though‚ Larkin has nothing to observe. He cannot draw any precise conclusions about something that he has not directly experienced. I think‚ therefore‚ that Larkin shows a fear of death through his poetry‚ but also a deep
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post war period during the 1950’s & 1960’s; Philip Larkin’ poetry reflected the philosophy of many individuals in Britain; as it was beginning to be re-built physically and metaphorically. It was an emergence of a new Britain; as this particular era was full of promise. Due to the change that occurred during this era. The aspirations and hopes of many individuals were high as well as romantic yearning and disillusioned pragmatism. Philip Larkin wrote to explore the gulf between our natural instinct
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language‚ form and imagery. The poem "An Arundel Tomb" by Philip Larkin was written in 1955 and was included in his 1964 anthology ‘The Whitsun Weddings’. It tells the story of a man (arguably Larkin himself) who rents a room and discovers by looking at the apartment the monotonous life of the person who used to live there‚ Mr Bleaney. As the poem progresses‚ the man starts identifying himself to Bleaney and it is here where Larkin presents a central theme of the poem being interchange ability of
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How does Philip Larkin explore the role of women in at least two poems you have studied? Philip Larkin’s relationships with women are often scrutinized in the media. He was often accused of misogyny and never married‚ though had several prominent relationships. Having once said‚ “Sex means nothing – just the moment of ecstasy‚ that flares and dies in minutes”‚ one could infer that Larkin had a dismissive attitude towards sexual relationships. Two poems from the Whitsun Weddings collection‚ Wild
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In Cut Grass‚ Philip Larkin uses onomatopoeia‚ color and flower symbolism‚ and punctuation to show that death is inevitable‚ and is unaware of specific circumstances. By contrasting the cut grass with the typically vibrant‚ lively month of June‚ Larkin shows the harsh nature of death‚ and its disregard towards its surroundings‚ while simultaneously providing a sense of hope once death does arrive. In the first stanza‚ Larkin uses onomatopoeia to create a vivid image of mown grass. The sharp sounds
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one line that‚ when the event finally occurs‚ we are nearly certain that‚ however avant-garde Florence and Edward may be both politically and socially‚ they will find it impossible to confront their problem head on. By placing it in a time‚ as Phillip Larkin puts it‚ a time “between the end of the chatterly ban and the Beatles’ first LP” any modern reader would be almost completely out of their depth concerning views towards sex. The thought of there still being a brick wall between husband and wife
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