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Interesting. I'm in the UK and was never shown any Larkin, as far as I know (I'm mid 50s). Neither of my daughters did Larkin (just finished secondary).
by Angostura 4y ago
Interesting. I'm in the UK and was never shown any Larkin, as far as I know (I'm mid 50s). Neither of my daughters did Larkin (just finished secondary).
- bufordtwain 4y agoSame here. It's not all bad though, I think a lot of Larkin's poetry can best be appreciated when you have a few years behind you and have had some of the same experiences as him.
- rikroots 4y agoSame age (ish) here. I would have killed for the chance to read Larkin, or any 20th century poet, as part of the English syllabus. Instead I got to spend many, many hours grappling with Chaucer: A povre wydwe, somdeel stape in age, / Was whilom dwellyng in a narwe cotage, / Biside a grove, stondynge in a dale ... ... I failed my English Literature O Level.
- chrisseaton 4y agoDid you do English Literature?
- Angostura 4y agoAt GCSE, yes.