POST MODERNISM | BRITISH LITERATURE | NTA UGC NET ENGLISH

SEP 2020

• Which of the following Poems by Philip Larkin ends with the line “Never such Innocence again”?

1. a) “An Arundel Tomb”
2. b) “MCMXIV”
3. c) “This Be the Verse”
4. d) “Aubade”

Ans: b

Explanation: “MCMXIV” is a poem written by Philip Larkin, first published in the book The Whitsun Weddings in 1964. The poem is written in the form of a single sentence spread over four stanzas. It begins by describing what is seemingly a photograph of volunteers lining up to enlist, and goes on to reflect on the momentous changes in England that would result from the First World War, ending, ‘Never such innocence again’.