An Arundel Tomb

An Arundel Tomb by Philip Larkin

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[brychar66]

Great reading & exegesis Halina and yes welcome back too. Listening to you read I was struck by how profoundly Elizabethan (as in the First of that name!) he sounds here, as if the tomb's influence had guided his writing. I like your playful (playful?) analysis, your sharpness, your awareness - as ever :) We need your steel amid the sentiment!

[PoetLina]

@brychar66 How like you (erudite) to comment on the language. Not my strong point, is it the metre? Oddly, I thought of Longfellow (no really, please forgive) however do see lots of the Bard's "Threnos" in it.

Thank you for your patience with me :)

Off to listen again to those early poems of yours - oh, the influences there...

[janeczka]

Good to have you back! what a treat.

[PoetLina]

@janeczka Hi janeczka, good to hear from you, thank you.

[longhairred]

Wonderful reading and I particularly enjoyed seeing the tomb and your observations at the end.

[PoetLina]

@longhairred Hi, Pippi. Thank you so much, great to hear from you.

[keanghiero]

Nice, thanks, Lina.

All the best

Kean

[dashpoet]

Spotted this and popped it to one side, ready to listen when I had the right moment... well that moment has arrived and I am glad to take the pleasure from your lines. Phew, perhaps a comma, or two. Lovely to hear your interpretation of such richly worded verse. Thoughts with you, wishing you well, Mark

[nordicsky]

Hi Lina,

I noticed this a while back but I had no time to comment.

What I should have said was that this is a very fine reading, in fact, I think it may be one of your best; you seem to have a real feeling for this poem.

I have recently been listening to "Letters to Monica" on radio 4 and I have reassessed my ideas on Philip Larkin... I'm getting to love his world weary cynical voice.

Perhaps the couple holding hands say more about the sculptor than themselves.

Love, Peter

[sonofwalt]

Thanks again for choosing me to play tag with me! I am honored to have been included. It's been a long week on this side of the Pond, but I finally have two days off and time to reply and pass it along. I chose Poemsapennyeach.