English 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sexual Intercourse, Philip Larkin, Topic Sentence
16 Dec 2017
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He had coffee romances with them, that lead to sexual liaison. In misunderstanding, the word devotion makes him arrogant. The poem"s shortness is due to her moving away. This again draws the similarities between the two. First lines: pill repurposed sex to have fun. As a poem written in the 60s, this is contextually fitting. These kids are engaged in a type of sexuality that he could never engage in due to his contraceptive limits. This poem is emphasizing freedom and happiness. When he was young, his generation was free of religion the same way that the current generation is free from sexual responsibilities . His generation was the first to shrug off religion. He is drawing a parallel between his generation and the current one. Follows the same cyclical theme as this be the verse , observing the generation gaps. Every generation will be envious of the previous one.
