Regarding the title structures, the speaker of a poem by this author wonders, “Shall we avoid them as unlucky places?” The speaker of a poem by this author remarks, “Snow fell, undated” before declaring, “Time has transfigured them into Untruth.” This author loudly says “Here endeth” in a poem about “A serious house on serious earth.” This author used a line from Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem “Requiem” to title a poem about people who (*) “half the time were soppy-stern” or “at one another’s throats.” This poet wrote “What will survive of us is love” to end a poem about a tomb for an “earl and countess.” This author of “Church Going” advises, “Don’t have any kids yourself” while warning about “your mum and dad.” For 10 points, name this English poet of “This Be The Verse.” ■END■
ANSWER: Philip Larkin (The unnamed poem about the tomb is “An Arundel Tomb.”)
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