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Classic to William Carlos Williams’ poetry, ‘The Great Figure’ is written in free verse without any punctuation. This modernist style is reflective of his inclusion in the Imagist movement.

Apology for Understatement by John Wain

Au Jardin des Plantes by John Wain

Memory by Christina Rossetti

Photograph of Haymaker, 1890 by Molly Holden

Nothing To Be Said by Philip Larkin

Larkin’s ‘Nothing To Be Said’ pessimistically explores the slow, steady and inevitable aproach of death. To Larkin, life is meerly a prolonged death.

Myxomatosis by Philip Larkin

‘Myxomatosis’ by Philip Larkin is about a disease of the same name. It was introduced to the wild rabbit population in Britain in the mid-1900s.

Next, Please by Philip Larkin

In classic Philip Larkin style, ‘Next, Please’ is a bleak reflection on life. It explores death and asks the reader to focus on the present while they can.

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Effects by Alan Jenkins

The Newcomer’s Wife by Thomas Hardy

In Memory of My Mother by Patrick Kavanagh

We Refugees by Benjamin Zephaniah

Bump by Spike Milligan

Teeth by Spike MIlligan

Feelings by Spike Milligan

To My Nine-Year-Old Self by Helen Dunmore

A Silly Poem by Spike Milligan

Sunday Dip by John Clare

My Mother’s Kitchen by Choman Hardi

Late Flowering Lust by John Betjeman

A Minor Role by U.A. Fanthorpe

I Remember, I Remember by Thomas Hood

Delay by Elizabeth Jennings

The Great Figure by William Carlos Williams