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STUDY OF READING HABITS by PHILIP LARKIN

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN GETTING MY NOSE IN A BOOK
Last Line: WHO'S YELLOW AND KEEPS THE STORE, %SEEM FAR TOO FAMILIAR. GET STEWED: %BOOKS ARE LOAD OF CRAP
Subject(s): BOOKS; HATE;

Poem Sources:

TYGERS OF WRATH; POEMS OF HATE, ANGER, AND INVECTIVE.
  KENNEDY, X. J. (ED. & COMP.)
  (1981)
 
THE MCGRAW-HILL BOOK OF POETRY.
  DIYANNI, ROBERT & ROMPF, KRAFT (EDS.)
  (1993)
 
THE NEW OXFORD BOOK OF ENGLISH LIGHT VERSE.
  AMIS, KINGSLEY (ED.)
  (1978)
 
THE OXFORD BOOK OF COMIC VERSE.
  GROSS, JOHN (ED.)
  (1994)
 
COLLECTED POEMS. ANTHONY THWAITE (ED.)
  LARKIN, PHILIP
  (1989)
 



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