Classic to Modern English Literature

  Q : How does Larkin employ imagery and symbolism in “ An Arundel Tomb ” to convey the theme of timelessness and the enduring nature of love ?   “ An Arundel Tomb ” was written in 1956 by the British poet Philip Larkin . It was Included as the final poem in his 1964 collection The Whitsun Weddings , and is also one of his another best known works. It reflects on the enduring image of a medieval couple’s effigies holding hands, contemplating the nature of love and how it is perceived across time. In January 1956 , Larkin takes a short vacation on England’s South Coast, during which he visited Chichester Cathedral . In the cathedral, he saw a monument to the fourteenth-century earl of Arundel and his wife that showed them lying together hand in Hand. This image was the inspiration for “ An Arundel Tomb ,” which Larkin began soon after his return to his job as librarian at Hull University . The poem was finished on February 20, 1956 . Larkin contributed to The Daily Teleg

  Q : Explore the catastrophic situation of “ The Explosion ” by Philip Larkin . “ The Explosion ” by Philip Larkin is a heart-breaking poem about an Explosion that took the lives of several men. Larkin worked as a university librarian for over 30 years , head librarian at the University of Hull. Published in 1974 , “ The Explosion ” is not a response to any particular mining accident(British mining). He measures the impact of the disaster on The men killed in the mine and on their families who gather in a memorial service to mourn the Loss, struggling to make sense of it. Larkin , by reputation one of the most cerebral poets in the Canon of 20 th -century British poetics, was known not only for poems rich with intellectual argument but for intricate prosody. The poem contains nine-stanza poem that’s written in free verse. The poet doesn’t chose to follow a specific rhyme scheme or use a pattern of meter. Ian Hamilton says, “ The power of the poem lies in its refusal to ex