Days (poem)

"Days" is a short poem (10 lines) by Philip Larkin, written in 1953^[1] and included in his 1964 collection The Whitsun Weddings.

It begins with a section of 6 lines, opening

What are days for?

in a mock-contented tone.

The final 4 lines bring a brutal reply

Ah, solving that question

Brings the priest and the doctor

In their long coats

Running over the fields.^[2]

See also

• List of poems by Philip Larkin

References

1. ^ Dunsby, Jonathan (2004). Making words sing: nineteenth- and twentieth-century song. Cambridge University Press. p. 15. ISBN 9780521836616. 
2. ^ Glancy, Ruth F. (2002). Thematic guide to British poetry. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 255. ISBN 9780313313790. 

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