Description
A landmark collection of 32 poems, this volume captures the texture of postwar England through railway journeys, city streets, domestic interiors, and the quiet dramas of ordinary lives. Its title poem follows a train crossing the countryside toward London, where passing wedding parties prompt reflections on love, connection, time, and the uncertain futures people carry with them. Across the collection, intimate observation and understated wit meet themes of mortality, loneliness, desire, class, and the tension between private feeling and public life. Written in Larkin’s characteristically conversational yet meticulously controlled style, these poems achieve a remarkable balance of emotional restraint, vivid detail, and sudden lyrical intensity.
Available Editions
hardcover
Faber and Faber
Published Dec 31, 1964
46 pages
ISBN: 9780571057504
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Details
First Published
1964
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Whitsun Weddings by Philip Larkin.