PHILIP LARKIN – POST MODERNISM – BRITISH LITERATURE
NTA SEP 2020
Which of the poems by Philip Larkin deals with the trauma of a rape victim who says, “Even so distant, I can taste the grief”?
- “Deceptions”
- “Faith Healing”
- “Sad Steps”
- “Wild Oats”
Ans: 1
Explanation: Philip Larkin is an English poet, novelist, and librarian who is known for his declining of the position of Poet Laureate in 1984. “Deceptions” by Philip Larkin tells of the aftermath of a young woman’s rape and the way both rapist and victim were changed because of the event. She tells of her distress after the attack was over. The epigraph of the poem is taken from London Labour and the London Poor, by Henry Mayhew.
