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"Annus Mirabilis" deals with a similar topic to Philip Larkin's more famous poem "High Windows", and employs his customary irony and deft technique.

Philip Larkin's poem "At Grass" employs his sensitive poetic technique to reflect on a field of aged racehorses, and on the practice of poetry.

Billy Collins' "Forgetfulness" weaves a series of poetic allusions and references, from Sir Philip Sidney and Greek mythology to Philip Larkin and Collins' own work.

Philips Larkin's "Aubade" is a modernist psychodrama, spoken by a character, who through ignorance, approaches the state of mental catatonia from the fear of death.

Philip Larkin's apparently straightforward poem "Maiden Name" tackles some weighty issues, such as identity and the workings of language, with characteristic subtlety.

Philip Larkin has been called England's greatest post-war poet, in addition to being voted "the nation's best-loved poet" by the Poetry Book Society.

The speaker of Philip Larkin's "Here" is hardly present; however, the speaker's mood and character might be discerned by merely observing his choices for description.

Philip Larkin's "Sad Steps" is a carefully crafted lyric which invokes several different voices, and holds them in balance with each other.

John Donne's poem "The Sun Rising" employs techniques of apostrophe and hyperbole whilst reshaping the genre of aubade. The results are passionate and exhilarating.

Philip Larkin's "This Be The Verse" which opens "They f*** you up, your mum and dad", is a careful and ironic comment on the problems of both family life and and poetry

Defiantly in favour of jazz, beer and pulling faces, the hero of "Lucky Jim" struggles through 1950s Britain in a rage at the pretension around him.

A brief biography of English novelist Kinsgley Amis who belonged to a group of British writers known as the "Angry Young Men."

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Kay Ryan, a native Californian, wrote poetry for decades before she received public recognition. Her poems are witty, precise, complex, and they take readers by surprise.