Philip Larkin

King Philip II was an absolute ruler of Spain and he was a part of the Habsburg family. On January 16, 1556 Phillip II inherited his throne. He was only 29 so his experience was limited, but he grew to be a very confidential and mature ruler. He reigned for 32 years in Spain, Portugal and some parts of the modern Americas. Philip II used many different absolutism techniques to become the best ruler. He used absolutism by taking over the Cortes, he centralized the Spanish government, and he saw…

“There is nothing impossible to him who will try.” Alexander the Great (Great). Alexander the Great was an ancient Greek conqueror who created one of the largest empires known to mankind. Taking a stand in history is when a person, group of people, or an idea attempts to overcome a problem regardless of opposition. A prime example of someone who took a stand is Alexander the Great. Alexander the Great took a stand in history when he conquered the Persian Empire, spreading Greek culture affecting…

Alexander the Great was seen as one of the most powerful figures ever in the history of people. However, where there is a lot of power there will most likely be room for corruption. Just because his name was Alexander the Great it does not mean that he was a “great” leader. Some historians believe Alexander the Great was an influential leader who spread the ideas of Hellenistic culture during his rule. There is proof that Alexander the Great should be seen as nothing but a bloodthirsty tyrant…

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained, according to me, Queen Elizabeth II. (Queen Elizabeth II quotes) I was born on April 21, 1926 in Mayfair, London. My husband is Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; we got married in 1947 and are still married to this day. My father was King George VI, and my mother is Elizabeth, Duchess of York. My sister, Princess Margaret, and I were home schooled. Three important parts of my life while being queen are becoming queen…

fixability. The heart is the vital organ to which emotions are depicted, and felt in every human being. Philip Larkin, Linda Pastan and John Donne each reinstated different and strong emotions experienced by many throughout the course of life. Although each poet expressed different emotions in their poems, each was deliberately distinguished throughout. The mood in the poems “Church Going” by Philip Larkin, “To a Daughter Leaving Home” by Linda Pastan, and “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” by…

Compare the ways in which Philip Larkin and Sylvia Plath explore family relationships. In Ariel and The Whitsun Weddings Sylvia Plath and Philip Larkin often explore family relationships. For Sylvia Plath, the family is an arena of pain, irony and anger. Philip Larkin in contrast, explores the family from a more detached and resigned viewpoint. Medusa is a poem by Sylvia Plath. The title Medusa is very significant because not many people would dare to link their mother to the image of Medusa…

In the beginning of the poem, Philip Larkin uses nature, superstitious, and religious imagery to show the advancing movement of agnostics in the world. In the first lines of the poem, the persona enters a church and observes all of the religious items decorating the chapel, but he only sees the religious place of prayer as, “Another church: matting, seats, and stone,/ And little books; sprawlings of flowers, cut/ For Sunday, brownish now;” (3-5). The speaker concludes that this church looks just…

ideology of nature versus nurture, children often inherit similar mannerisms, skills, and attributes to their parents. However, in the eyes of Phillip Larkin society has been utterly mistaken. The speaker in Larkin’s “This Be the Verse” advises the reader to escape society’s cycle of individual degradation for it will plague mankind. According to Philip Larkin mankind is cursed by familial dysfunction. Upon being brought into existence the speaker states that parents plague their offspring by…

this happiness vanishes? Whether it’s a loss in the family, or you are just getting older and you move on with life, how do you bear with the memories that are still left in this house? Both The Thinker by Sherwood Anderson and Home is so Sad by Philip Larkin focuses on a sad home, but Anderson’s sad home is caused due to an actual death in the family, while Larkin’s sad home is described with imagery and past family memories. The Thinker is a short story of a boy named Seth Richmond, while Home…

I chose to illustrate the poem Take One Home for the Kiddies by Philip Larkin through a short video. The reason I chose a video was because I wanted the viewer to be able to hear the poem being read aloud. Hearing the poem read from a male’s voice allows the poem to come to life, instead of the viewers reading the poem for themselves. Along with the poem being read aloud are pictures illustrating the language being spoken. For example, if the word horn was said, then a picture of a horn would be…