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Larkin's biographer Andrew Motion claims that the 'Whitsun Weddings' "Tackles the big issues in the language of ordinary speech". Explore the themes and language of Larkin's poetry with reference to these observations.
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Larkin's biographer Andrew Motion claims that the 'Whitsun Weddings' "Tackles the big issues in the language of ordinary speech". Explore the themes and language of Larkin's poetry with reference to these observations. I agree with Larkin's biographer Andrew Motion that the Whitsun Weddings tackle the big issues in the language of ordinary speech. There are several poems that I have selected to display the themes and language of Larkin's poetry. These poems are: "Mr.Bleaney","MCMXIV" and "Sunny Prestatyn". I will begin by looking at the poem 'Sunny Prestatyn'. This poem deals with the reality of life today. Larkin describes how an alluring and provocative image of a girl on an advertising poster has been and defaced. The language used by Larkin to describe this image backs up what Andrew Motion has claimed. "...she was slapped up one day in March. ...huge tits and a fissured crotch... ...a tuberous cock and balls." Larkin's shocking choice of diction has...
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