The speaker of one poem in this collection describes a water-based religion whose "litany would employ images of sousing." In another poem in this collection, a picture of a girl on a poster advertising a beach is defaced by Titch Thomas. Yet another poem in this collection ends with a stanza containing the phrase "Never such innocence" twice. In addition to "Water," "Sunny Prestatyn," and "MCMXIV," it contains a poem ending with the line "Books are a load of crap." In the title poem, the speaker says that a dozen of the title events took place in the time it takes to say "I nearly died"; the speaker of that poem watches those events from a train. This collection's final line, which lacks th
The speaker of one poem in this collection describes a water-based religion whose "litany would employ images of sousing." In another poem in this collection, a picture of a girl on a poster advertising a beach is defaced by Titch Thomas. Yet another poem in this collection ends with a stanza containing the phrase "Never such innocence" twice. In addition to "Water," "Sunny Prestatyn," and "MCMXIV," it contains a poem ending with the line "Books are a load of crap." In the title poem, the speaker says that a dozen of the title events took place in the time it takes to say "I nearly died"; the speaker of that poem watches those events from a train. This collection's final line, which lacks the author's typical cynicism, is "What will survive of us is love," from the poem "An Arundel Tomb." For 10 points, name this collection by the author of High Windows, Philip Larkin.
The speaker of one poem in this collection describes a water-based religion whose "litany would employ images of sousing.
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