The title is an ironic allusion to "Requiem" by Robert Louis Stevenson.
The title is an ironic allusion to "Requiem" by Robert Louis Stevenson. It compares the misery man hands on to man to a deepening coastal shelf and ends with a plea to "Get out as early as you can" and avoid the cycle lamented in the poem. "Fools in old-style hats and coats" were responsible for the wrongs done to those who have wronged the addressee, who have added "some extra, just for you." "Don't have any kids yourself" concludes this work on the cycle of wrongs committed by parents to children, which famously opens "They fuck you up, your mum and dad". For 10 points, name this most famous verse by Philip Larkin.
The title is an ironic allusion to "Requiem" by Robert Louis Stevenson.
"This Be the Verse"