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IGNORANCE by PHILIP LARKIN

Poet Analysis

First Line: STRANGE TO KNOW NOTHING, NEVER TO BE SURE
Last Line: AND YET SPEND ALL OUR LIFE ON IMPRECISIONS, %THAT WHEN WE START TO DIE %HAVE NO IDEA WHY

Poem Sources:

COLLECTED POEMS. ANTHONY THWAITE (ED.)
  LARKIN, PHILIP
  (1989)
 



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