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AUBADE by PHILIP LARKIN

Poet Analysis

First Line: I WORK ALL DAY, AND GET HALF-DRUNK AT NIGHT
Last Line: WORK HAS TO BE DONE. %POSTMEN LIKE DOCTORS GO FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE
Subject(s): LABOR AND LABORERS;

Poem Sources:

ONE HUNDRED POEMS BY ONE HUNDRED POETS.
  PINTER, HAROLD, & GODBERT, GEOFFREY, & ASTBURY, ANTHONY (EDS.)
  (1987)
 
THE BROADVIEW ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY.
  ROSENGARTEN, HERBERT & GOLDRICK-JONES, AMANDA (EDS.)
  (1993)
 
THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS & LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 6TH ED. BY JOHN PRESS.
  PALGRAVE, FRANCIS T. & PRESS, JOHN (EDS.)
  (1994)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY. FOURTH EDITION.
  FERGUSON, MARGARET, SALTER, MARY JO, & STALLWORTHY, JON (EDS.)
  (1996)
 
THE GOLDEN ECCO ANTHOLOGY; 100 GREAT POEMS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
  STRAND, MARK (ED.)
  (1994)
 
THE COLUMBIA ANTHOLOGY OF BRITISH POETRY. EDITED BY CARL WOODRING AND JAMES SHAPIRO.
  WOODRING, CARL (ED.)
  (1995)
 
COLLECTED POEMS. ANTHONY THWAITE (ED.)
  LARKIN, PHILIP
  (1989)
 



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