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Analysis and comments on Money by Philip Larkin

Comment 3 of 3, added on May 23rd, 2006 at 9:29 AM.

"shave" actually refers to the inflation caused in the banks during that period of time - surely that is obvious when talking about money??

Bekz from United Kingdom
Comment 2 of 3, added on November 2nd, 2005 at 3:14 PM.

"bank your screw" refers to putting your wages in the bank, and the "shave" could be referred to the shave you get from the mortician when you are dead, basically to make you look good in the coffin.


Kayleigh from United Kingdom
Comment 1 of 3, added on March 15th, 2005 at 1:06 PM.

the entire poem is set in rhyming couplets.He uses the same list techique in the last stanze eg "the slums, the canal.." as he did in "To the Sea".

zeeshan from United Kingdom



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Poet: Philip Larkin
Poem: Money
Volume: High Windows
Year: 1973
Added: Feb 20 2003
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