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’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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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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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 however‚ he could have also portrayed him to be trying to escape his empty environment in search of something better. The
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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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“Larkin is pre-eminently a poet of loneliness and loss.” How far do you agree with this statement? Make reference to the poems we have read so far in your response. Philip Larkin‚ one of Britain’s best loved poets‚ was known for his often unenthusiastic outlook towards life and the people that surrounded him. His poems have the proclivity to show the ways in which Larkin was dissatisfied with his own life‚ and not just the life of the persona in the poem. As well as loneliness and loss‚ other
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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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‘Ambulances’ by Philip Larkin Philip Larkin’s ‘Ambulances’ is a poem that describes the literal journey of an ambulance that also takes on an increasingly sinister metaphorical value. The ambulance weaves through the busy afternoon streets‚ demanding the attention of passers-by while forcing the reader to acknowledge the ambulance’s symbolic significance as a reminder of our own mortality. By close examination of the ambulance and its literal movement it is possible to gain a greater understanding
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Compare and contrast the ways in which death is portrayed in Philip Larkin’s poem ‘Days’ and ‘Ambulances’ and Sylvia plath’s ‘Lady Lazarus’ and ‘Death and Co’ The poems i am going to analyse are: • Lady Lazarus • Death and Co • Ambulances • Days It is understatement to say that both Sylvia Plath and Philip Larkin have immense depth and subsidiary meanings to their poems‚ both writers expertly structure their poems and used varied techniques to convey their themes of death and instil their messages to
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