Death in Larkin and Abse Death pervades The Whitsun Weddings and in Ambulances is reflected on in terms of the significance of our response to seeing an ambulance stop. Passers-by view them as ‘confessionals’‚ secretive‚ mysterious places where we confront our deepest nature. They are impersonal and unpredictable‚ resting ‘at any kerb’ and reminding us of our mortality because ‘All streets in time are visited’. The contrast of the mundane reality of a visit to the shops with the ‘wild white
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‘HERE’ PHILIP LARKIN CRITICAL ANALYSIS ‘Here’ is a sprawling‚ moving and often majestic poem that takes the reader on a strikingly visual journey through the countryside and the town‚ before finally ending up on the coast. Larkin uses long‚ flowing sentences which add a sense of continual movement; these sentences are full of rich imagery and description which fully immerse the reader in the poem. The poem is titled ‘Here’‚ yet in the first three stanzas the poem takes in various locations and
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Philip Larkin – The Trees Commentary by Merve Hilal Taş The Trees by Philip Larkin is a 3 stanza poem observing the rebirth of trees. The trees are used as a metaphor for life in general symbolizing our hopes that we try to achieve to be reborn before eventually dying. There’s also a message within the poem implying that even though we as humans observe the trees to be reborn‚ they actually grow older. This poem shows that growing old and changing is inevitable. It also has a rhyming scheme of
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Larkin Poem Commentaries Here My feelings for ‘Here’ have much to do with the recent video prepared for the Larkin25 anniversary‚ which should be seen in conjunction with what I have to say here. Sir Tom Courtenay’s reading together with the images of Hull and its surrounding areas‚ leave me with the sense that while this is not just a hymn to Hull‚ although it is certainly that – and written when Larkin had first come the city – it is a place which is constantly surprising the poet by the interplay
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Philip Larkin - Wild OatsThe poem Wild Oats was written by a famous poet named Philip Larkin. The poem consists of three‚ eight line stanzas with each stanza describing a distinct period in his life. Philip Larkin used little sound effects and a minimal amount of rhyming to construct his poem. Rhyme‚ when it appears‚ is at the end of alternate lines such as‚ doubt and out‚ or snaps and perhaps. There is also no sign of alliteration‚ simile or use of a steady meter. The title Wild Oats was taken
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The theme of journeys is present in Philip Larkin’s poem‚ A Study of Reading Habits. However‚ it is not a physical journey that we see‚ but a metaphorical journey about the speaker’s life progression through his changing escapisms created by books. The title is a mock‚ serious title for it sounds like a piece of academic research Larkin uses first person persona to give expression to things he would prefer not to have attributed to himself. The structure of the poem divided into three stanzas; school
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Analysing The Whitsun Weddings by Philip Larkin Esther Amankwah Juxtaposition is used in the third stanza through “sun destroys”‚ which is very effective as it suggests the sun‚ a nurturing element that provides life can be an intense and powerful thing‚ emphasising that the heat was very strong that its source forced the writer to look at the parts it highlighted as opposed to the shade. The metaphoric
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From teaching us about nutrition to what words not to say they have helped us grow‚ mature‚ and turn into wonderful young adults. "They fuck you up‚ your mum and dad." (ll.1) the first line of this poem comes off very harsh‚ because it is! Larkin is getting the reader’s attention with the first line. Your mom and dad "fuck you up" by giving you insights on how to better yourself and punishing you for the wrong things you have done. "They may not mean to‚ but they do" (ll.2) Parents don’t
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Toads and Toads Revisited are poems in Philip Larkin’s collection that describes both the perks and burdens of a work life. Larkin’s view of work in ‘Toads’ is seen as a heavy load whereas in ‘Toads Revisited’‚ it is seen as something that keeps him occupied and helps him though life. ‘Toads Revisited’ was written after Larkin became a firmly established chief librarian of the Hull Library and he had no further to go because he had already reached the top position. His attitude to work had undergone
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Lines On A young lady’s photograph album At last you yielded up the album‚ which Once open‚ sent me distracted. All your ages Matt and glossy on the thick black pages! Too much confectionery‚ too rich: I choke on such nutritious images. My swivel eye hungers from pose to pose -- In pigtails‚ clutching a reluctant cat; Or furred yourself‚ a sweet girl-graduate; Or lifting a heavy-headed rose Beneath a trellis‚ or in a trilby-hat (Faintly disturbing‚ that‚ in several ways) -- From every
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