devices used to create an atmosphere of existential despair. The poem "Mr Bleaney" by Philip Larkin was written in 1955‚ when the Second World War was still in everybody’s mind. It tells the story of a man (probably the poet 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. By the end of the poem‚ the man starts identifying himself to Bleaney and finally thinks that his life is not better than his. The atmosphere
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"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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Mr Bleaney is an existenial hero who battles against the odds to find meaning in an otherwise bleak and empty life. Mr Bleaney led a trival and empty life framed 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
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Arnold has to do (a list in the third stanza of things connected with the conjunction “and…and…” creating a moaning‚ immature attitude)‚ the persona concludes where he started‚ “Oh‚ no one can deny / That Arnold is less selfish than I”. As with ‘Mr Bleaney’‚ a colloquial register is adopted‚ such as “kiddies’ clobber” referring to toys‚ “perk”‚ and “nippers”. It shows the lack of respect the persona has towards anything regarding the family. But moving into the sixth stanza‚ there is something of
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of consumerism. Following the pattern of many other poems in this collection‚ ‘Here’ begins with physical ideas of ‘rich industrial images’‚ before becoming more abstract in the final stanza. By beginning the poem with the participle‚ ‘swerving’‚ Larkin immediately gives the reader a sense of the moment being suspended in the present‚ before an unpredictable‚ fast movement‚ which is not usually associated with travelling on a train. The word itself is sudden‚ describing an immediate action and repetition
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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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Philip Larkin "Days" "Days" by Philip Larkin is a ten line poem that is deceptive in its simplicity. This article considers Larkin’s poetic method in this remarkable short poem. Philip Larkin (1922-1985) wrote the poem "Days" in 1953. The poem was published in Larkin’s highly successful collection of poems entitled‚ The Whitsun Weddings‚ in 1964. "Days" is a curious poem. At first reading‚ it appears to be a simple‚ almost child-like dialogue. However‚ on second glance‚ the poem raises several
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Self’s the man Oh‚ no one can deny That Arnold is less selfish than I. He married a woman to stop her getting away Now she’s there all day‚ And the money he gets for wasting his life on work She takes as her perk To pay for the kiddies’ clobber and the drier And the electric fire‚ And when he finishes supper Planning to have a read at the evening paper It’s Put a screw in this wall - He has no time at all‚ With the nippers to wheel round the houses And the hall to paint in his
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