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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Personal Response to Mr Bleaney In the poem Mr Bleaney by Philip Larkin the poet portrays a theme of loneliness. And not only does the poem suggest a feeling of solitude and emptiness the poet also deliberately uses langue and poet techniques to emphasise the theme he’s going for. The title of the poem itself is of a person whose first name is unknown to us. It creates a sense that it is irreverent to us and that Mr Bleaney is not of much importance. The lacking of strong syllables in the title
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Philip Larkin- “Here” analysis Nick Webb The poem "Here" by Philip Larkin is a descriptive poem on Larkin’s travel from the countryside to the city of Hull‚ where Larkin lived for the last thirty years of his life. The descriptive words used to describe the motion of his journey "swerving" (which is repeated throughout the 1st stanza to represent movement) and “harsh-named halt" suggest a train journey in
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by pointless rituals and as is obvious by his lodgings‚ did not deserve any better. Write two short analyses of Mr Bleaney‚ arguing the two positions above. The poem Mr Bleaney can be interpreted into different views according to the reader. Larkin could have attempted to portray him to be trival and only living through the motions however‚ he could have also portrayed him to be trying to escape his empty environment in search of something better. The second statement of "Mr Bleaney leading
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a time of change. Financially‚ politically and environmentally‚ nothing is guaranteed. At such times‚ we must question the meaning of life and our place in this world. What will be our legacy? What‚ in the words of Philip Larkin‚ ’will survive of us’? In the poems on our course‚ Larkin explores the nature of change and the transience of life. For this reason‚ I find his poetry thought-provoking and meaningful. He does not presume to have all the answers‚ but he does provide us with an honest and fascinating
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In Philip Larkin’s collection‚ ‘The Whitsun Weddings’ and Dannie Abse’s collection ‘Welsh Retrospective’‚ both poets create a sense of place as they write about their own environments. Larkin uses a more detached observation as he uses a third person viewpoint‚ seen in ‘Here’ and ‘The Whitsun Weddings’‚ where he shows the journey of life. This differs to Abse‚ who presents a personal connection with the place and in the poems ‘Last Visit to 198 Cathedral Road’ and ‘Return to Cardiff’; Abse uses these
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Critical Appreciation This particular speech has become more famous than most of Shakespeare’s soliloquies and is quoted on a daily basis. The meaning of the soliloquy is quite simple. Hamlet is on the verge of committing suicide and starts by questioning whether or not it is better to live or die. When Hamlet utters the pained question‚ “To be‚ or not to be: that is the question: / Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune / Or to take arms against
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There are only a few similarities between ’Afternoons’‚ by Philip Larkin‚ and ’Churning Day’‚ by Seamus Heaney. These feature mainly in the structure of the two poems. They both use enjambment for the whole length of the poem‚ with just one end-stopped line present in each. Enjambment gives both poems a sense of continuous movement. This is appropriate in ’Churning Day’ as it represents the motion of the person churning the butter. It also makes the voice of ’Churning Day’ sound out of breath‚ as
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