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 …