tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334168470477960268.post8352394033894644164..comments2024-03-28T10:23:33.705-07:00Comments on Rogue Strands: Larkin's influenceMatthew Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11050474652034142849noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334168470477960268.post-53434537070875931252012-01-28T04:18:39.204-08:002012-01-28T04:18:39.204-08:00I don't think his political and social views a...I don't think his political and social views are relevant. But I do think the way he lived was in some ways narrow and insular, and that in his later poetry you can see him running out of freshness and material because of it - there are times he sounds tired, repetitive and altogether like a man who was in a rut, who needed to get out more and do new things.Sheenagh Pughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02735299981866333316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334168470477960268.post-47322149713476472042012-01-27T23:42:16.302-08:002012-01-27T23:42:16.302-08:00Maybe my reading's over-selective, but in the ...Maybe my reading's over-selective, but in the States too he seems to have lasted the pace. In contrast I rarely see Hughes mentioned (as a poet).Tim Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00578925224900533603noreply@blogger.com