larkin context/critics w poems Flashcards
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“His poetry simply reflected his own life” - Golding
Mr Bleaney
“Larkin is a hopeless + inflexible pessimist” - Appleyard
Nothing To Be Said
“Some people are optimists + some people are pessimists” - Booth
“Larkin feels cheated by existence” - Cox
Love Songs in Age
Larkin was a professional music critic
Broadcast
“Only in Broadcast does the second person appear” - Patrick
Maeve Brennan
Faith Healing
“Larkin feels cheated by existence”
Larkin was an atheist
Larkin’s father told him to “never believe in God”
For Sidney Bechet
Larkin loved jazz; but was also a racist
“Larkin is a hopeless + inflexible pessimist” - Appleyard (COUNTER-he isn’t in this poem)
Home is so Sad
“My mother was a rambling fool” - Larkin
Toads resisted
Larkin never retired - worked until death
“Larkin’s poetry simply reflected his own life” - Golding
Water
Larkin an athiest
Larkin’s father told him “Dont believe in God!”
“Delighted in whom he offended” - Golding
The Whitsun Weddings
“The unmarried observer, a staple in Larkin’s poetic world” - Martin
Larkin never married
Self’s the Man
“The unmarried observer, a staple in Larkin’s poetic world” - Martin
Take One Home for the Kiddies
Larkin loved animals
“Larkin respects the nonhuman otherness of animals” - Booth
Days
Larkin was a nihilist
“Larkin is a hopeless + inflexible pessimist” - Appleyard
MCMXIV
Larkin could not fight in the war bc his eyesight was too bad