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FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE ROYAL STATION HOTEL by PHILIP LARKIN

Poet Analysis

First Line: LIGHT SPREADS DARKLY DOWNWARDS FROM THE HIGH
Last Line: (IF HOME EXISTED) LETTERS OF EXILE: NOW %NIGHT COMES ON. WAVES FOLD BEHIND VILLAGES

Poem Sources:

THE BLOODAXE BOOK OF 20TH CENTURY POETRY; FROM BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
  LONGLEY, EDNA (ED.)
  (2000)
 
COLLECTED POEMS. ANTHONY THWAITE (ED.)
  LARKIN, PHILIP
  (1989)
 



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