A Short Analysis of Philip Larkin’s ‘Aubade’

Along with Larkin’s “Ambulances”, his “Aubade” is, I think my favourite Larkin poem. Larkin tells it as it is, however uncomfortable that may be.

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A summary of Larkin’s last great poem

An aubade – the term is from the French – is a song or poem in praise of the dawn, but Philip Larkin’s ‘Aubade’ is somewhat different. Although the meditation in the poem takes place during the early hours of the morning, there is none of the celebratory zest found so often in poetic auba...