Larkin himself said somewhere that deprivation for him was “what daffodils were for Wordsworth”. I don’t know about the deprivation, but he turned me into a new “moneyed class in verse.” After reading Stephan Dunn, a few days back, I was just thinking that why I can’t get a poem book by a poet who isContinue reading “The Whitsun Wedding: by Philip Larkin”
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Let’s get into the Jacob’s room!
“I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.”― Jane Austen This quote of Jane Austen is relevant here. The women in this novel never wanted to remain in calm waters. They are soContinue reading “Let’s get into the Jacob’s room!”
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