Philip Larkin - An Arundel Tomb
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But it's an ALMOST instinct, ALMOST true - in other words, it's so close to what we want, but it's not really true. It's just a judgement we presume the Earl and Countess shared, a notion which would have seemed unimportant against the preservation of their name and which may be utterly insignificant in the future.
2 years ago 7
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Our almost-instinct almost true:
What will survive of us is love.
That pause...before "is love"... He so wishes to believe it; you can hear it in his voice. But there's no escaping the reality that "Time has transfigured them into / Untruth" and that the idea of love's endurance is only an "attitude".
One of my faves, though I think I like 'Love Songs in Age' the most.
*ambivalent sigh*
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@jgilonis No, it's iambic tetrameter; it just happens that the first line is headless.
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Living and being educated in Chichester gives me the opportunity to give this poem a much more eerie ring when you listen to it with headphones on, sitting in front of the Earl and Countess themselves...
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02.13 barely subdued half burp. Either that or he's swallowing a bit of biscuit. I can picture it. The Master of Form with a packet of Rich Tea. I wonder who would win a fight. Mr McVitie or Mr Larkin. Mmm.
I'm not allowed biscuits.
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i love larkin in this as he is, for once, seemingly optiimistic. for once it's not about fucking
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Actually it's trochaic tetrameter not iambic pentameter.
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why would i get a grip? This is A-level work
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get a grip of yourself
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thats the thing he's questioning
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An excellent piece of poetry.
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great! the images started to detract from the poem for me, so i turned away about halfway through.
GovtAccountability 4 years ago
yeah. I like making the images but would be happy to just post black screen.
DavidQuantick 4 years ago