I think the thing about 'This Be the Verse' is that it's done its time with courage and optimism, as it were (I don't think Larkin would have used that quotation as his title unless he was immensely moved by RLS's 'Requiem', and angry at it for moving him so much) and so its pessimism is fully earned, whether or not you agree with it.
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Date: 2015-10-08 08:38 pm (UTC)