In one poem, this author wrote that "the widest prairies have electric fences" whose "muscles-shredding violence gives no qua
In one poem, this author wrote that "the widest prairies have electric fences" whose "muscles-shredding violence gives no quarter," before concluding that "young steers become old cattle from that day." This poet of Wires," wrote of a "wild white face that overtops / Red stretcher-blankets momently / As it is carried in and stowed," as well as another poem about an earl and countess that "lie in stone / Their proper habits vaguely shows." This author of "Ambulances" may be better known for a poem in which the speaker wonders "if anyone looked at me, forty years back / And thought, That'll be the life," before suddenly thinks of the title objects. This author of "An (*) Arundel Tomb" compiled collections like The Less Decieved and The Whitsun Weddings and included "Annus Mirabilis" and his most famous work in High Windows. That best-known work is titled from a line in Robert Louis Stevenson's "Requiem" and references "fools in old style hats and coats" before advising "Get out as early as you can, / And don't have any kids yourself." FTP, identify this English poet who declared "They fuck you up, your mum and dad" in "This Be the Verse."
In one poem, this author wrote that "the widest prairies have electric fences" whose "muscles-shredding violence gives no quarter," before concluding that "young steers become old cattle from that day.
Philip Arthur {Larkin}