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''The Whitsun Weddings'' is a collection of 32
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Philip Larkin Philip Arthur Larkin (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist, and librarian. His first book of poetry, '' The North Ship'', was published in 1945, followed by two novels, '' Jill'' (1946) and '' A Girl in Winter'' (1 ...
. It was first published by Faber in the United Kingdom on 28 February 1964. It was a commercial success, by the standards of poetry publication, with the first 4,000 copies being sold within two months. A United States edition appeared some seven months later. It contains many of Larkin's best known poems, such as " The Whitsun Weddings", "
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Mr Bleaney "Mr Bleaney" is a poem by British poet Philip Larkin, written in May 1955. It was first published in '' The Listener'' on 8 September 1955 and later included in Larkin's 1964 anthology '' The Whitsun Weddings''. The speaker in the poem is renting ...
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MCMXIV "MCMXIV" (1914) is a poem written by English poet Philip Larkin. It was first published in the book '' The Whitsun Weddings'' in 1964. The poem, a single sentence spread over four stanzas, begins by describing what is seemingly a photograph of ...
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An Arundel Tomb "An Arundel Tomb" is a poem by Philip Larkin, written and published in 1956, and subsequently included in his 1964 collection '' The Whitsun Weddings''. It describes the poet's response to seeing a pair of recumbent medieval tomb effigies with the ...
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Mr Bleaney "Mr Bleaney" is a poem by British poet Philip Larkin, written in May 1955. It was first published in '' The Listener'' on 8 September 1955 and later included in Larkin's 1964 anthology '' The Whitsun Weddings''. The speaker in the poem is renting ...
* Nothing To Be Said * Love Songs in Age * Naturally the Foundation will Bear Your Expenses * Broadcast * Faith Healing * For
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* Home is so Sad * Toads Revisited * Water * The Whitsun Weddings * Self's the Man * Take One Home for the Kiddies *
Days A day is the time period of a full rotation of the Earth with respect to the Sun. On average, this is 24 hours, 1440 minutes, or 86,400 seconds. In everyday life, the word "day" often refers to a solar day, which is the length between two solar ...
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MCMXIV "MCMXIV" (1914) is a poem written by English poet Philip Larkin. It was first published in the book '' The Whitsun Weddings'' in 1964. The poem, a single sentence spread over four stanzas, begins by describing what is seemingly a photograph of ...
* Talking in Bed * The Large Cool Store * A Study of Reading Habits * As Bad as a Mile * Ambulances * The Importance of Elsewhere * Sunny Prestatyn * First Sight * Dockery and Son * Ignorance * Reference Back * Wild Oats * Essential Beauty * Send No Money * Afternoons *
An Arundel Tomb "An Arundel Tomb" is a poem by Philip Larkin, written and published in 1956, and subsequently included in his 1964 collection '' The Whitsun Weddings''. It describes the poet's response to seeing a pair of recumbent medieval tomb effigies with the ...


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List of poems by Philip Larkin The list of poems by Philip Larkin come mostly from the four volumes of poetry published during his lifetime: *'' The North Ship'' (July 1945) *''The Less Deceived'' (November 1955, dated October) *'' The Whitsun Weddings'' (February 1964) *'' Hi ...
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1964 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * March 23 – A surprise best-seller in the United Kingdom is John Lennon's ''In His Own Write'', a compendium of no ...
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