Larkin Potential Themes
Place – I Remember, I Remember; Poetry of Departures; If, My Darling; Church Going
The effects of time – No Road; Next, Please; Born Yesterday; Whatever Happened?; Church Going;
Age; Triple Time; I Remember, I Remember; Skin; At Grass
The future – Next, Please;
The past – Church Going; At Grass
Change – At Grass; Maiden Name; Whatever Happened?; Church Going; I Remember, I Remember;
Latest Face; Skin; At Grass
Outsiders – Reasons for Attendance;
Limits on freedom – Toads;
Voice – Poetry of Departures;
Women – Lines On A Young Lady’s Photograph Album;
Memory – Lines On A Young Lady’s Photograph Album; Whatever Happened?
Youth - Lines On A Young Lady’s Photograph Album
Control - Lines On A Young Lady’s Photograph Album; Absences; Latest Face
Judgement - Lines On A Young Lady’s Photograph Album
Marriage – Wedding-Wind; Places, Loved Ones; Maiden Name
Relationships – Wedding-Wind; Places, Loved Ones; Reasons for Attendance; Dry-Point; Maiden
Name; No Road; Latest Face
Loss – Wedding-Wind; No Road; Deceptions; At Grass
Disappointment – Wedding-Wind; Next, Please; No Road
Expectation – Wedding-Wind; Next, Please; Triple Time
Regret – Wedding-Wind; No Road; Age; Triple Time; Deceptions; Skin
Love – Places, Loved Ones
Commitment – Places, Loved Ones; Latest Face;
Society – Places, Loved Ones; Reasons for Attendance; Dry-Point; Wants; Born Yesterday; Wires;
Church Going; Toads; Spring; At Grass
Childhood – Coming; I Remember, I Remember;
Nature – Coming; Spring; Absences
Change – Coming; Age
Symbolism – Coming; Reasons for Attendance
Freedom – Reasons for Attendance; Poetry of Departures
Place – I Remember, I Remember; Poetry of Departures; If, My Darling; Church Going
The effects of time – No Road; Next, Please; Born Yesterday; Whatever Happened?; Church Going;
Age; Triple Time; I Remember, I Remember; Skin; At Grass
The future – Next, Please;
The past – Church Going; At Grass
Change – At Grass; Maiden Name; Whatever Happened?; Church Going; I Remember, I Remember;
Latest Face; Skin; At Grass
Outsiders – Reasons for Attendance;
Limits on freedom – Toads;
Voice – Poetry of Departures;
Women – Lines On A Young Lady’s Photograph Album;
Memory – Lines On A Young Lady’s Photograph Album; Whatever Happened?
Youth - Lines On A Young Lady’s Photograph Album
Control - Lines On A Young Lady’s Photograph Album; Absences; Latest Face
Judgement - Lines On A Young Lady’s Photograph Album
Marriage – Wedding-Wind; Places, Loved Ones; Maiden Name
Relationships – Wedding-Wind; Places, Loved Ones; Reasons for Attendance; Dry-Point; Maiden
Name; No Road; Latest Face
Loss – Wedding-Wind; No Road; Deceptions; At Grass
Disappointment – Wedding-Wind; Next, Please; No Road
Expectation – Wedding-Wind; Next, Please; Triple Time
Regret – Wedding-Wind; No Road; Age; Triple Time; Deceptions; Skin
Love – Places, Loved Ones
Commitment – Places, Loved Ones; Latest Face;
Society – Places, Loved Ones; Reasons for Attendance; Dry-Point; Wants; Born Yesterday; Wires;
Church Going; Toads; Spring; At Grass
Childhood – Coming; I Remember, I Remember;
Nature – Coming; Spring; Absences
Change – Coming; Age
Symbolism – Coming; Reasons for Attendance
Freedom – Reasons for Attendance; Poetry of Departures
