Larkin
Larkin is a surname of Irish origin, most notably associated with Philip Larkin, the 20th-century English poet known for his accessible yet melancholy verse.
As a given name, Larkin has seen modest use for both boys and girls.
The word also appears in the archaic or dialectal expression "larking about," though this derives from lark rather than Larkin.
The Larkins moved here from Dublin in the 1920s.
Metered poetic passage
- stanzaPoem's line grouping
- quatrainFour-line poetic unit
- iambicVerse rhythm type
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
meter · enjambment · diction · imagery · alliteration · assonance · cadence · formal
Northern English port city
- MovementNamed collective effort
- CoventryWest Midlands manufacturing city
- librarianCollection manager at reading hall
- postwarAfter hostilities end
pessimism · mortality · solitude · domesticity · disillusionment · wry · melancholy · observational
verse
Metered poetic passage
rhyme · meter · enjambment · diction · imagery · alliteration · assonance · cadence · formal · colloquial
Hull
Northern English port city
- MovementNamed collective effort
- CoventryWest Midlands manufacturing city
- librarianCollection manager at reading hall
postwar · pessimism · mortality · solitude · domesticity · disillusionment · wry · melancholy · observational · understated
- British WritersShakespeare, Dickens, Austen, Tolkien, Rowling
LarkinDylan Thomas
Allen Ginsberg · Walt Whitman · Pablo Neruda · Ted Hughes · Ezra Pound
LarkinWalt Whitman
Maya Angelou · Rumi · Mary Oliver · Pablo Neruda · Dylan Thomas
LarkinEzra Pound
- have a lark
- happy as a larkSupremely carefree and joyful
- as happy as a larkExtremely cheerful expression
- up with the larkWaking at dawn
- rise with the larkWake at dawn