Friday, January 3, 2003

To Failure Comments

Rating: ★2.8

You do not come dramatically, with dragons
That rear up with my life between their paws
And dash me butchered down beside the wagons,
The horses panicking; nor as a clause
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Philip Larkin
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Hiraa Kazmi 04 April 2007

the best thing about larkin is to portray the exact feelings of the reader. the apt visual imagery adds to the beauty of this short poem.

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Virginia Hedges 31 August 2006

This is a good companion to the novel Ethan Frome.

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Philip Larkin

Philip Larkin

West Midlands / England
Philip Larkin
Philip Larkin
West Midlands / England
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