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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” (15[1])in a poem about “A serious house (-5[1])on serious earth.” This author used a line from Robert Louis Stevenson’s (15[1])poem “Requiem” (15[1])to title a poem about people who (*) “half the time were soppy-stern” or “at one (10[1])another’s throats.” This poet wrote “What will survive of us is love” to end a poem (-5[1])about a tomb for an “earl and countess.” This author of “Church Going” advises, “Don’t have any kids yourself” (10[1])while warning (10[1])about “your mum and dad.” (10[1])For 10 points, name this English poet of “This Be The Verse.” (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Philip Larkin (The unnamed poem about the tomb is “An Arundel Tomb.”)
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