Philip Larkin | Biography

By Roma Shrestha -

November 10, 2026

Philip Larkin is a noted British poet, novelist and critic. He was born in Coventry, England, and educated at the University of Oxford. Larkin treats the modern English setting in a withdrawn and non-sentimental manner,...

An Arundel Tomb by Philip Larkin | Summary and Analysis

By Roma Shrestha -

November 10, 2026

An Arundel Tomb by Philip Larkin was written in 1956 and published in 1964 in his collection named ‘The Whitsun Weddings‘. It is a formal lyric in which the poet gives his 20th century perspective...

The Whitsun Weddings by Philip Larkin | Summary and Analysis

By Roma Shrestha -

November 10, 2026

The poem The Whitsun Weddings by Philip Larkin is about the poet’s journey to London in a train. The day is a Whitsun Day on which the British Government frees marriage taxes for one day....