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BORN YESTERDAY by PHILIP LARKIN

Poet Analysis

First Line: TIGHTLY-FOLDED BUD, %I HAVE WISHED YOU SOMETHING
Last Line: IF THAT IS WHAT A SKILLED, %VIGILANT, FLEXIBLE, %UNEMPHASISED, ENTHRALLED %CATCHING OF HAPPINESS IS
Subject(s): BIRTH; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS;

Poem Sources:

DISCOVERING POETRY.
  GUTH, HANS PAUL & RICO, GABRIELLE L.
  (1993)
 
LOVE SONGS AND SONNETS.
  WASHINGTON, PETER (ED.)
  (1997)
 
SEASONS OF LIFE; A POETIC ANTHOLOGY. COMPILED BY NIGEL COLLINS. EDITED BY JIM HERRICK AND JOHN PEARCE.
  COLLINS, NIGEL (COMP.)
  (2000)
 
HARRAP BOOK OF MODERN VERSE.
  WOLLMAN, MAURICE (COMP.)
  (1958)
 
COLLECTED POEMS. ANTHONY THWAITE (ED.)
  LARKIN, PHILIP
  (1989)
 



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