![Marriage of the familiar with the unexpected makes the 'Whitsun Weddings' Larkin's most satisfying collection of poems." - Simon Petch - Discuss how this applies to the 'Whitsun Weddings' - A-Level English - Marriage of the familiar with the unexpected makes the 'Whitsun Weddings' Larkin's most satisfying collection of poems." - Simon Petch - Discuss how this applies to the 'Whitsun Weddings' - A-Level English -](https://www.markedbyteachers.com/media/docs/newdocs/as_and_a_level/english/english_literature/poetry/post_1770/philip_larkin/21400/images/full/img_cropped_1.png)
Marriage of the familiar with the unexpected makes the 'Whitsun Weddings' Larkin's most satisfying collection of poems." - Simon Petch - Discuss how this applies to the 'Whitsun Weddings' - A-Level English -
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Newly seen letters show Philip Larkin's close relationship with mother | Philip Larkin | The Guardian
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Newly seen letters show Philip Larkin's close relationship with mother | Philip Larkin | The Guardian
Women like Philip Larkin's misanthropic mother have gone the way of the dodo - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
![Leo Carey on Twitter: "Many great war poems, but Philip Larkin's MCMXIV, written in 1960, is surely the greatest remembrance poem. The balance of precision and feeling, the sheer tact of it, Leo Carey on Twitter: "Many great war poems, but Philip Larkin's MCMXIV, written in 1960, is surely the greatest remembrance poem. The balance of precision and feeling, the sheer tact of it,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Drwrl34WoAEBiEd.jpg)