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    Arguably this poem is not simply a misogynistic view on woman however is in fact a satirical poem which mocks modernity through quantifying love as expressed in the use of the line ’gave a ten Guinea-ring’. Larkin was a well known hater of the modern world and to an extent the romanticised idea of ’love’ as seen in ’Self’s the man’ and ’Mr Bleaney’‚ so through the use of the conversationalist tone that the persona of the poem creates the reader is presented with the concept of this poem either expressing

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    Larkin and abse discussing relationships Philip Larkin and Dannie Abse have very different and contrating attitudes to relationships. On the whole‚ Larkin presents the concepts of love and marriage as very superficial and meaningless‚ whereas Abse appears to be less such nihilistic and more open and positive about such topics. The essay will discuss this contrast by examing Larkin’s “Whitsun Weddings”‚ “Wild Oats” and “Arundel Tomb”‚ and Dannie Abse’s “Imitations” and “Sons”.

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    found between the ways in which Larkin and Abse write about places in their poems? In your response you must include detailed critical discussion of at least two of Larkin’s poem. In the poem Here Larkin describes the city as ‘rich industrial shadows’ this suggests Larkin sees it as dirtily rich with corruption lurking in the ‘shadows’. ‘Shadow’ suggests misery‚ a lack of hope and spiritual enlightenment. ‘Shadows’ suggests blindness‚ perhaps to clarity which Larkin is trying to pursue but ‘swerving

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    How do Larkin and Abse present the idea of disappointment and loss? Both Larkin and Abse write poems about disappointment and loss but both having a different idea to how it is presented In ‘Home is so sad‚’ by Philip Larkin‚ the idea of disappointment and loss is presented through a home. The form and structure gives off spontaneous thoughts and written in two quintains and each stanza containing 5 lines. Each line contains ten syllables with a basic iambic metre and containing internal full

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    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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    Within Poetry of Departures” by Philip Larkin‚ the unknown speaker‚who is conflicted between living a conventional and mundane life or a carefree and nomadic one‚ goes back and forth inside his mind debating whether is it worth leaving the life he currently has to be able to experience complete freedom. We can see this internal struggle through the way in which Larkin uses diction with positive connotations to describe the positive outcomes and scenarios that were to happen if the reader were to

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    The poetry of Philip Larkin possesses a unique characteristic that has drawn the attention of many readers from 1945‚ when his first book was published‚ up until the modern day. His writing contains unique characteristics because he was not raised with the normal life that many writers today have and often write about. One of Larkin’s most prominent characteristic used was the idea of humor. The objective of this paper is to display factual evidence that Larkin was using humor as a way to further

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    “How does Larkin write about marriage” essay question. In “the Whitsun Weddings” and “self’s the man” we see Larkin portray the theme of marriage and relationships from an outside perspective like in many of his poems- in these two he is an outsider because he is unmarried. In both it seems clear that at face value he is cynical about the thought of being wed to another person. Martin Amis described Larkin as a man who’s “values and attitudes were utterly‚ even fanatically negative” and it may seem

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    Compare the ways in which Larkin and Abse write about place. You must include detailed critical discussion of at least two poems by Larkin in your response. In timed conditions Gemma N Larkin and Abse both write about places in a very different‚ very unique style. One the one hand Larkin talks about the places of his past and how they are no longer accessible; the changing of a beautiful‚ unspoilt place to something short of an eyesore; a pace he is in but does not feel he belongs and even

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    Compare the ways in which Larkin and Abse discuss the subject of death in their poems When the subject of death is addressed by poets Larkin and Abse they imply that death is a certain and predetermined demise to our lives. However through analysing there style of poetic writing‚ readers can appreciate their different attitudes towards death. Larkin appears accepting of death‚ acknowledging fate in a realistic way. Abse however is emotionally impacted and overall unaccepting of the part it plays

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