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Philip Larkin - This Be The Verse

They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another's throats.

Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.

Added: on January 25th, 2008 at 2:33 PM | Viewed: 21268 times | Comments (33)


This Be The Verse - Comments and Information

Poet: Philip Larkin
Poem: This Be The Verse

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Feb 10 2008

Comment 33 of 33, added on April 16th, 2008 at 9:12 AM.

This is a point directed at the people who seem to think that Larkin 'foresaw the gradual and progressive degradation of the family unit in american society.' Hello? Have you not read the rest of the poems in the anthology, High Windows. Larkin & his poems were so quintessentially english it is unbelievable. One of themes running throughout the anthology is that of 'englishness'. Get your facts right before you start commenting!

megan from United Kingdom
Comment 32 of 33, added on February 9th, 2008 at 12:47 PM.

This is a great tutorial thanks!D

yang from United States
Comment 31 of 33, added on January 25th, 2008 at 2:33 PM.

Thank you for you work! Good Luck.

sara from United States

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