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ReplyTo a comment on On returning to a town where I used to live by Nicholas Jones.

Caducus24 Aug 2006

Strong and well crafted opening. This reminded me of Larkin's earlier works in his Juvenilia poems chronicling coventry in a repugnant light and the sense of sadness that his birthplace was decaying.

Its an excellent piece with an assertive voice and deserves praise.