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High Windows

by Philip Larkin · 1974

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A collection of poems which includes some of the poet's best-known pieces (The Old Fools, This Be the Verse, The Explosion, and the title poem.

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1970s1970sMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 42 pages
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poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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