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Line 1: − + − ]</ref>, '''Philip Larkin''' was born 9th August 1922 in Coventry, [[England]]. His poems are notable for their highly-structured but flexible verse forms <ref>[http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=7076]</ref> and their combination of simple direct language with acute social and spiritual observation. In 1943, he graduated with a First Class Honours in [[English]] from St. John’s College, Oxford. He trained as a librarian and spent most of his working life at the University of Hull, having taken the position of Librarian there in 1955. Larkin died of [[cancer]], aged 63, on 2nd December 1985. <ref>[http://www.philiplarkin.com/biog.htm]</ref> + + − Line 12:
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[[Image:U'nall_larkin203.jpg|thumb|right|Philip Larkin]]A major modern poet <ref>[http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/176
[[Image:U'nall_larkin203.jpg|thumb|right|Philip Larkin]]
A major modern poet <ref>[http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/176
]</ref>, '''Philip Larkin''' was born 9th August 1922 in [[Coventry]], [[England]]. His poems are notable for their highly-structured but flexible verse forms <ref>[http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=7076]</ref> and their combination of simple direct language with acute social and spiritual observation. In 1943, he graduated with a First Class Honours in [[English]] from St. John’s College, [[Oxford University|Oxford]]. He trained as a librarian and spent most of his working life at the University of Hull, having taken the position of Librarian there in 1955. Larkin died of [[cancer]], aged 63, on 2nd December 1985. <ref>[http://www.philiplarkin.com/biog.htm]</ref>
He published five short volumes of verse in his lifetime, but considered the totality of his mature work <ref>[http://www.nybooks.com/articles/18715
He published five short volumes of verse in his lifetime, but considered the totality of his mature work <ref>[http://www.nybooks.com/articles/18715
]</ref> to be contained in ''The Less Deceived'' (1955), ''The Whitsun Weddings'' (1964) and ''High Windows'' (1974). He wrote little in the decade prior to his death <ref>[http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=7076]</ref> and frustration at this loss of inspiration may have contributed to the increasingly reactionary tone of his posthumously published letters. <ref>[http://www.nybooks.com/articles/18715]</ref>
]</ref> to be contained in ''The Less Deceived'' (1955), ''The Whitsun Weddings'' (1964) and ''High Windows'' (1974). He wrote little in the decade prior to his death <ref>[http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=7076]</ref> and frustration at this loss of inspiration may have contributed to the increasingly reactionary tone of his posthumously published letters. <ref>[http://www.nybooks.com/articles/18715]</ref>
His most famous poems include:
His most famous poems include:
* [http://plagiarist.com/poetry/?wid=4882 The Whitsun Weddings]
* [http://plagiarist.com/poetry/?wid=4882 The Whitsun Weddings]
* [http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/11328-Philip-Larkin-High-Windows High Windows]
* [http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/11328-Philip-Larkin-High-Windows High Windows]
Selected other poems:
Selected other poems:
* [http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/502.html MCMXIV]
* [http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/502.html MCMXIV]
* [http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/14277-Philip-Larkin-Sunny-Prestatyn Sunny Prestatyn]
* [http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/14277-Philip-Larkin-Sunny-Prestatyn Sunny Prestatyn]
== References ==
== References ==
6. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/18715
6. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/18715
[[Category:Poets|Larkin, Philip]]