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Marriage of the familiar with the unexpected makes the 'Whitsun Weddings' Larkin's most satisfying collection of poems." - Simon Petch - Discuss how this applies to the 'Whitsun Weddings'
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"The poems show us, by various means and from varying perspectives, our common urban environment, and our common patterns of thought and behaviour, in a new light or from an unusual point of view. This fine marriage of the familiar with the unexpected makes the 'Whitsun Weddings' Larkin's most satisfying collection of poems." - Simon Petch - Discuss how this applies to the 'Whitsun Weddings' Philip Larkin's collection of poems- 'The Whitsun Weddings' displays Larkin's varying perspectives of modern day living and situations. The way Larkin uses style, language and unusual points of view in his poetry clearly conveys his attitudes and observations of life to the reader through his eyes. Simon Petch states that Larkin's poetry is presented to the reader by various means. Many of the poems featured in the 'Whitsun Weddings' are set out in a traditional manner. The paragraphs in each stanza are roughly the same length....
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