"Larkin is a poet of grey moods‚ suburban melancholy and accepted regrets." Do you agree or disagree You can look out of your life like a train and see what your heading for‚ but you can’t stop the train. This was one of Larkin’s famous quotes. It means life keeps going on‚ even when there’s a bump on the road and you need to stop‚ but you just simply can’t stop life. You have to be patient and flow through life until its time. This however‚ definitely composes Larkin as a poet who articulates
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change and the passing of youth. The poem‚ written by Philip Larkin‚ forces the reader to reflect upon the lifestyle of a young woman with a husband and family. Previously‚ I thought this would be a very fulfilling lifestyle; however‚ Larkin has changed my opinion on this matter. Although Larkin’s thoughts on this life are completely biased‚ Larkin does make a valid point‚ which is that these young women lead a quite monotonous lifestyle. Larkin puts across many themes throughout the whole poem. He
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Analysis of Philip Larkin’s poem ‘First sight’ in relation to the idea of natural progression through stages of life. First sight is an intense yet fulfilling interpretation of a newly born lambs first glimpses of the world. The poem also explores the difficulties the young lamb faces through its first experiences of the harsh environment and how they have to deal with it as they find their feet in the world. Been born in winter the lambs have yet to experience “earth’s unmeasurable surprise” which
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A poem which describes an ordinary or everyday scene is ‘Ambulances’ by Philip Larkin. ‘Ambulances’ is about an ambulance going to take someone away and the neighbourhood is watching what is happening. It shows the curiosity that is in every human being and the inevitability of dying. This essay will discuss how the poet uses an ordinary/everyday scene and make it important and to explore a wider universal theme. The essay will also show how Larkin’s use of poetic techniques makes and ordinary or
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WIRES Wires by Philip Larkin is an analogy of a society trapped by rules and limits and a demonstration that fear prevents humankind from following their desires. Larkin writes this poem in 1950 with the idea of showing his point of view of the world. In the poem the cattles are trapped by the wires imposed‚ preventing them from ever reaching their search for purer water. He shows that the world offers no hope nor mercy whatsoever in their trial for escape. What the poet is actually trying
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The Theme of Death and Time in Larkin ’s The Whitsun Weddings By Inst. Susan Taha Ahmed Diyala University/College of Education for Human Sciences/ Dep. Of English Assist. Inst. Basil Mohammad Khudhair Diyala University/College of Education for Human Sciences/ Dep. Of English l The Theme of Death….. Philip Larkin (1922-1985) is one of the prominent poets in the second half of the twentieth century. His name is associated with a group of poets called “ the Movement Poets” along
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Youth" Link to Collected Poems [At Toronto] Wilfred Owen: "Dulce et Decorum Est" Herbert Read (1893-1968): "The Happy Warrior" W.N.Hodgson (1893-1916): "Before Action" Wilfred Gibson (1878-1962) "Back" Link to Collected Poems [At Columbia] Philip Larkin (1922-1985): "MCMXIV" Link to Poems [At Hooked.net] Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) "How to Die" Dark clouds are smouldering into red While down the craters morning burns. The dying soldier shifts his head To watch the glory that returns;
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“Larkin is a pessimistic rather than optimistic poet” – Discuss Larkin has been regarded as a pessimistic poet. Larkin surely takes a very dark view of human life. The main emphasis in his poem is on failure and frustration in human life. However Larkin is not a uniformly pessimistic poet. Some of his poems have a profoundly moral character‚ which expresses itself in the need to control and organize life‚ rather than submit to a pre-determined pattern of failure. There is generally a debate going
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’Mr Bleaney’ ’Mr Bleaney’ by Philip Larkin is a poem which describes a person in an interesting way. The poem is about a man who rents a very small‚ basic bed-sit. While living in this room‚ the persona learns about the previous tenant’s‚ Mr Bleaney‚ life‚ and how the basic and empty room reflects his personality. The persona’s unspoken thoughts gives the reader a clear insight to Mr Bleaney’s monotonous life and the sort of man he was. By the end of the poem‚ the persona realises that by accepting
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Larkin: Wild oats Talking in bed Broadcast Love songs in age Faith healing Sunny prestatyn For Sidney bechet Abse: St valentines night A scene from married life The Malian bird Blond bys The silence of tudor evans Focus on ideas of love Wild Oats BY PHILIP LARKIN About twenty years ago Two girls came in where I worked— A bosomy English rose And her friend in specs I could talk to. Faces in those days sparked The whole shooting-match off‚ and I doubt If ever one had
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