“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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Philip Larkin’s poem “Here” is able to use clear syntax‚ vivid imagery‚ and clever choice of words to distinctly convey his attitudes towards the four different places he describes in the poem: a bustling city‚ a large town‚ a suburban community‚ and an isolated paradise. Syntax structure is a key area in which the poem uses the format of words to convey the specific meanings between the four different stanzas. Three ways he is able to do this are listing‚ enjambment‚ and transitions between the
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to the marginalised self. Philip Larkin is renowned for his use of the colloquial in his poetry‚ and he renews the importance of everyday language and words‚ that have been neglected and marginalised in forms of expression. His poems have the tone of the ordinary day. Through this use of language‚ he reflects on the loss of identity and to the neglected state of England due to modernisation and industrialisation. Poetry itself is a specialist form; however Larkins poetry can be seen as homely and
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that the material world will not satisfy their longing‚ they turn to spiritual comfort. The poets T.S Eliot‚ Philip Larkin‚ and Matthew Arnold comment on humanity’s tendency to loiter with the notion of God and otherworldliness. Respectively‚ through their poems “The Journey of the Magi‚” “Church Going‚” and “Dover Beach‚” the poets publicize their
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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’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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paying close attention to 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
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“The alienation of the individual is a key theme in writing of the post-World War II period” Once World War II had ended‚ Britain saw not only a change in government‚ but also a decline into bankruptcy. Clement Attlee’s Labour party aimed to implement the Beverage Report and tackle the “five giants”: Want‚ Disease‚ Ignorance‚ Squalor and Idleness. They faced many challenges such as rationing and heavy winters‚ raising alarm bells for the country’s economy. After much debate the United States and
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Story Content/plot Major themes Quote + technique that links with theme Most like Larkin poem Miss Brill “Miss Brill‚" Katherine Mansfield’s short story about a woman’s Sunday outing to a park. The story opens with Miss Brill delighting in her decision to wear her fur. Miss Brill sees the world as a play: as though her surroundings are a set and her fellow park-goers actors. A young couple arrive and share Miss Brill’s bench. Miss Brill believes they are nicely dressed and pictures them
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A CRITICAL APPRECIATION OF THE POEM MR BLEANEY BY PHILP LARKIN ‘Mr Bleaney’ by Phillip Larkin is essentially a poem about a circumstantial situation that is given as dramatic monologue‚ and rather like a drama‚ tells a story that is full of lucid mystery. There are two distinct scenes in the poem‚ in the first‚ which occupies the first three stanzas‚ of this seven-stanza poem. The reader is presented with a landlady showing a perspective lodger a room that has been vacated by her previous tenant
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