One of these events appears in the title of a poem whose speaker looks at her reflection in a “twisted candlestick, / Yet seeing nothing,” as a man leaves her alone to check on a banging stable door. A poem titled for these events notes the “perms, / The nylon gloves and jewellery-substitutes” of a crowd that includes “fathers with broad belts under their suits / And seamy foreheads.” That poem titled for these events ends by describing “A sense of falling, like an arrow-shower / Sent out of sight, somewhere becoming rain.” A 1964 collection titled for these events was followed by High Windows and includes “An Arundel Tomb.” A poem titled for these events describes a hot train journey during which the speaker observes happy crowds returning from these events. For 10 points, name these events that title a Philip Larkin poem set on Whitsun. ■END■
ANSWER: weddings [accept “Wedding Wind”; accept “The Whitsun Weddings”]
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