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A poem by Philip Larkin that describes his train journey from Lincolnshire to London on a sunny Whitsun weekend, where he observes the weddings of strangers. The poem explores the themes of time, change, and coincidence, as well as the contrast between the rural and urban landscapes.
"The Whitsun Weddings" was written by British poet Philip Larkin and first published in his collection The Whitsun Weddings in 1963. The poem recounts the speaker's train journey from the east of England to London and his observations along the way. At first, the speaker focuses on the view out of the window of the countryside and passing towns ...
The Whitsun Weddings is a collection of 32 poems by Philip Larkin. It was first published by Faber in the United Kingdom on 28 February 1964. It was a commercial success, by the standards of poetry publication, with the first 4,000 copies being sold within two months.
- Philip Larkin
- United Kingdom
- 1964
- Faber and Faber
The Whitsun Weddings (poem) " The Whitsun Weddings " is one of the best known poems by British poet Philip Larkin. It was written and rewritten and finally published in the 1964 collection of poems, also called The Whitsun Weddings. It is one of three poems that Larkin wrote about train journeys. [1]
26. Okt. 2007 · A poem by the British poet Philip Larkin about his surprise encounter with wedding parties on a train ride in 1955. The poem explores the themes of social satire, nostalgia, and loss in a witty and elegiac style. Learn about the poem's structure, imagery, and context from the author's commentary and analysis.
The Whitsun Weddings. That Whitsun, I was late getting away: Not till about. One-twenty on the sunlit Saturday. Did my three-quarters-empty train pull out, All windows down, all cushions hot, all sense. Of being in a hurry gone. We ran. Behind the backs of houses, crossed a street. Of blinding windscreens, smelt the fish-dock; thence.
“The Whitsun Weddings” is a deceptively leisurely sounding poem in eight ten-line stanzas. The title refers to the British tradition of marrying on the weekend of Whitsunday or Pentecost (the...
