The poem The Whitsun Weddings by Philip Larkin is about the poet's journey to London in a train. The day is a Whitsun Day on which the British Government frees marriage taxes for one day. Therefore the day fascinates people belonging to the lower economic class because they cannot afford the payment of marriage taxes on other days. The poem on the surface level is a description of these. · These lines close The Whitsun Weddings by Philip Larkin, a poem inspired by a journey from Hull to King's Cross. The opening lines are carved in slate at Hull Paragon Interchange on the base of the poet's statue there. The Whitsun Weddings (recalling a train journey on Whitsun Saturday afternoon in ) was voted one of the "Nation's Top The Whitsun Weddings By Philip Larkin Learn. This poem has learning resources. View Resources. About this Poet Philip Larkin was born in Coventry, England in He earned his BA from St. John’s College, Oxford, where he befriended novelist and poet Kingsley Amis and finished with First Class Honors in English.
Opening up my old copy of The Whitsun Weddings, I find that Philip Larkin's words are almost drowned out by my finicky pencil bltadwin.ru I scribbled them down almost twenty years ago, I was in my first year of teaching, over-preparing for each class and anxious to pass on the "correct" interpretations to my students. The Whitsun Weddings by Philip Larkin Faber Faber, London MCMLXVIII. UK Edition, Fourth Impression Signed by Philip Larkin on the title page. A fine book, in a fine unclipped jacket with a couple of short closed tears to the back. A reading of Philip Larkin's classic bltadwin.ru Whitsun, I was late getting away: Not till aboutOne-twenty on the sunlit Saturday Did my three-quarters-empty.
The Whitsun Weddings. That Whitsun, I was late getting away: Not till about. One-twenty on the sunlit Saturday. Did my three-quarters-empty train pull out, All windows down, all cushions hot, all sense. Of being in a hurry gone. We ran. Behind the backs of houses, crossed a street. "The Whitsun Weddings" was written by British poet Philip Larkin and first published in his collection The Whitsun Weddings in The poem recounts the speaker's train journey from the east of England to London and his observations along the way. A reading of Philip Larkin's classic bltadwin.ru Whitsun, I was late getting away: Not till aboutOne-twenty on the sunlit Saturday Did my three-quarters-empty.
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