I Remember, I Remember, Philip Larkin: Summary, Analysis & Themes
I Remember, I Remember, Philip Larkin: Summary, Analysis & Themes
Uncover the emotional depths of Philip Larkin's "I Remember, I Remember" with a comprehensive study guide featuring summaries, analyses, themes, and literary devices. "I Remember, I Remember Poem Text, Philip Larkin"
Coming up England by a different line
For once, early in the cold new year,
We stopped, and, watching men with number plates
Sprint down the platform to familiar gates,
"Why, Coventry!" I exclaimed. "I was born here."
I leant far out, and squinnied for a sign
That this was still the town that had been 'mine'
So long, but found I wasn't even clear
Which side was which. From where those cycle-crates
Were standing, had we annually departed
For all those family hols? . . . A whistle went:
Things moved. I sat back, staring at my boots.
'Was that,' my friend smiled, 'where you "have your roots"?'
No, only where my childhood was unspent,
I wanted to retort, just where I started:
By now I've got …
