This poet asked, "Can't I use my wit as a pitchfork to drive the brute off?" in a poem depictingmiddle-class work as the title creature.
This poet asked, "Can't I use my wit as a pitchfork to drive the brute off?" in a poem depictingmiddle-class work as the title creature. In another poem, he described "a shape less recognizable each week,a purpose more obscure," noting, "I take off my cycle-clips in awkward reverence" upon entering the titlelocation. This poet of "Toads" described "everyone young going down the long slide to happiness,endlessly," in a poem that begins by imagining a girl "taking pills or wearing a diaphragm." His mostfamous poem concludes by advising, "Get out as early as you can, and don't have any kids yourself." For10 points, name this gloomy British poet of "Church Going," "High Windows," and "This Be the Verse."
This poet asked, "Can't I use my wit as a pitchfork to drive the brute off?" in a poem depictingmiddle-class work as the title creature.
Philip Larkin