One of his works describes religion as a "moth-eaten musical brocade/created to pretend we never die" after noting that "the mind blanks at the glare". That work by this man describes "postmen like doctors" going "from house to house" and begins "I work all day, and get half-drunk at night". The speaker of another of his poems glosses over the "plainness of the pre-Baroque" before seeing a pair of stone figures holding hands and averring that they "prove our almost-insti
One of his works describes religion as a "moth-eaten musical brocade/created to pretend we never die" after noting that "the mind blanks at the glare". That work by this man describes "postmen like doctors" going "from house to house" and begins "I work all day, and get half-drunk at night". The speaker of another of his poems glosses over the "plainness of the pre-Baroque" before seeing a pair of stone figures holding hands and averring that they "prove our almost-instinct almost true: What will survive of us is love." His collections include The [?] Whitsun Weddings and High Windows, the latter of which contains a poem that notes that misery "deepens like a coastal shelf" and advises the listener to "Get out as early as you can". For 10 points, identify this 20th-century British poet of "Aubade" and "An Arundel Tomb", who described the effects of "your mum and dad" rather graphically in his "This Be the Verse".
One of his works describes religion as a "moth-eaten musical brocade/created to pretend we never die" after noting that "the mind blanks at the glare".
Philip {Larkin}