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In what way could ‘The Explosion be considered the key to the entire collection’
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In what way could 'The Explosion be considered the key to the entire collection' Larkin begins by setting a distance between himself and the miners. They are shadows pointing towards the pithead - it is to be their catastrophe. He will not become personally involved in their fate but is a detached observer, a trait found in many of his poems. Apart from rare occasions like that of 'old fools' where a 'we' shows Larkin's admittance an involvement with the aging process. In 'The Explosion' he wishes to allow the catastrophe and characters to stand independently worthy to have their suffering noted without sentimentality. Larkin uses imagery such as "Coughing oath-edged talk and pipe-smoke," to show that the fated men are simple, ordinary young men of their time swearing, smoking, proud of their strength and stature unaware of there fate. This may be Larkin's way of showing how life should be...
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